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物販 (ぶっぱん, buppan) Japanese meaning: sale of goods | Kotomora
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The merchandise sales corner is popular at this event.
We are planning to expand our goods sales business.
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 で 物ぶっ 販ぱん を 行おこな う to carry out merchandise sales at 〈place〉
They held merchandise sales at the concert venue.
物ぶっ 販ぱん の 売う り 上あ げ revenue from merchandise sales
Revenue from merchandise sales at the event increased.
物ぶっ 販ぱん コーナーに 並なら ぶ to line up at the merchandise sales corner
The fans lined up at the merchandise sales area.
Related words 販売 is the general word for selling anything, while 物販 specifically singles out selling physical goods rather than services.
物流販売 is the full, formal form that 物販 abbreviates, so 物販 is far more common in everyday business speech.
Don't confuse with 物販 covers selling goods in any setting (events, shops, etc.), while 通販 refers specifically to mail-order or online sales.
物流 means logistics or physical distribution of goods, whereas 物販 means the act of selling those goods, not moving them.
Etymology An abbreviation of 物品販売, “sale of goods,” formed from 物 and 販.
