Sales occupations

Sales are activities related to selling or the number of goods sold in a given targeted time period. The delivery of a service for a cost is also considered a sale. A period during which goods are sold for a reduced price may also be referred to as a "sale".

retail store that primarily sells food and other household supplies

person who acts as an intermediary between sellers and buyers of real estate/real property for a commission

informal vendor of merchandise

thumb|270px|A cashier at her register in a Panamanian grocery store. A retail cashier or simply a cashier is a person who handles the cash register at various locations such as the point of sale in a retail store. The most common use of the title is in the retail industry, but this job title is also used in the context of accountancy for the person responsible for receiving and disbursing money or within branch banking in the United Kingdom for the job known in the United States as a bank teller.

thumb|A Peking fruit seller, c. 1869 thumb|Peddler in Ho Chi Minh City, [[Vietnam]]

thumb|200px|Bob Cratchit, the clerk of [[Ebeneezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.]] thumb|right|Two Women's Royal Naval Service clerks aboard during World War I A clerk is a white-collar worker in an administrative professional capacity who conducts record keeping as well as general office tasks, or a grey-collar worker (or to a lesser extent, a blue-collar worker) who performs similar sales-related tasks in a retail environment. The responsibilities of clerical workers commonly include record keeping, filing, staffing service counters, screening callers, and other admin

professional involved in the business of funeral rites

person who acts as an intermediary between sellers and buyers of private businesses

thumb|450px|A mercery (mercer's shop) in Brussels Mercery (from French , meaning "haberdashery" or goods, or "haberdashery"—a shop trading in textiles and notions) initially referred to silk, linen and fustian textiles among various other piece goods imported to England in the 12th century. Eventually, the term evolved to refer to a merchant or trader of textile goods, especially imported textile goods, particularly in England. A merchant would be known as a mercer, and the profession as mercery.

thumb|A Tabak-Trafik tobacconist's shop in Vienna, Austria (photograph taken in 2024). The depicted tobacconist shop was modernised in 2025. thumb|A tobacconist in Stockholm, Sweden

thumb|In front of a greengrocer's shop in Gourock, Scotland thumb|Greengrocer's shop in Buenos Aires A greengrocer or (Australian English; often) fruiterer is a person who owns or operates a shop selling primarily fruit and vegetables. The term may also be used to refer to a shop selling primarily produce. It is used predominantly in the United Kingdom and Australia.

thumb|Colporteur during the 19th century in Brittany. Colportage is the distribution of publications, books, and religious tracts by carriers called "colporteurs" or "colporters". The term does not necessarily refer to religious book peddling.

thumb|An ironmonger's shop in Pickering, North Yorkshire thumb|Inside a typical ironmonger's in Soignies (Belgium) thumb|An ironmonger's shop in France, with iron goods and other consumer goods Ironmongery originally referred, first, to the manufacture of iron goods and, second, to the place of sale of such items for domestic rather than industrial use. In both contexts, the term has expanded to include items made of steel, aluminium, brass, or other metals, as well as plastics.

shop or store where clothes are sold

profession

salespeople employed by pharmaceutical companies

agent for commerce

person in a services company responsible for its day-to-day relationship with a particular commercial client or prospective client

thumb|''In the Draper's Shop'' by Adriaen van Bloemen Draper was originally a term for a retailer or wholesaler of cloth that was mainly for clothing. A draper may additionally operate as a cloth merchant or a haberdasher.

hybrid of sales and engineering that exists in industrial and commercial markets

Daigou () is an emerging form of cross-border trade in which an individual or a syndicated group of exporters outside China purchases commodities (mainly luxury goods but sometimes also groceries such as infant formulas) for customers in China.

__NOTOC__ thumb| Haberdashers (notions shop) in Dover, UK

trade or occupation, selling flowers

thumb|upright=1.35|"Laukkuryssä" peddlers from Kestenga|Kiestinki in [[Lohja.]]