What does this sentence mean?
Members of this type make great salespeople, provided they are moving luxury merchandise.
My main confusion lies in moving luxury merchandise.
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Amy has done an excellent job of explaining the meaning of luxury merchandise. To expand on what Alan wrote, "moving" means "selling" in this case.
Think about how merchandise moves. First it is made at a factory. Then it moves to a warehouse. Then it moves to the store. When someone buys it, it moves to their home. It is this last move that we are talking about.
"Bob moves electronics." = "Bob sells electronics. By doing this, he causes the electronics to move from the showroom to customers' homes."
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"moving luxury merchandize" equals "selling expensive items"
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Hi,
As Allen noted, "luxury" means expensive. It also has the additional meaning of "unnecessary". For instance, a Yacht would be considered a luxury item. Many things that are expensive are not "luxury" items. For example, buying a house is expensive, no matter, usually, the type of house, so it wouldn't be considered a "luxury" item; however, buying a mansion "would" be considered a luxury because it's unnecessary.
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