Assortment
Definition
The totality of goods, products, or varieties within a specific range, category, or class, held by a store or manufactured by an enterprise to satisfy diverse consumer demands; a product mix defined structurally by its width, depth, and commercial consistency.
Bilingual Equivalents
- Assortment
- Product mix
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | Neuter noun, regular structural plural variations applied to economic and supply chain contexts. |
| Formation | Neologism derived from the French 'assortiment', functionally established within modern retail and wholesale networks. |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [a.sor.ti.ˈment] |
| Source | The International Handbook of Retail Marketing and Logistics Management |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: Supermarketul s-a extins și oferă acum un asortiment bogat de produse organice și bio.
EN: The supermarket expanded and now offers a rich assortment of organic and bio products.
RO: Managementul fabricii a decis restrângerea acestui asoriment pentru a reduce costurile structurale de depozitare.
EN: The factory management decided to narrow down this product mix to reduce structural warehousing costs.
RO: Librăria își reînnoiește periodic asortimentul de carte tehnică pentru a rămâne atractivă pentru studenți.
EN: The bookstore periodically updates its assortment of technical books to remain attractive to students.
Idioms & Phrases
Asortiment de mărfuri / Merchandise assortment
RO: Structura totală a bunurilor expuse la raft într-un spațiu comercial, organizată pe raioane și categorii.
EN: The total structure of goods displayed on shelves in a commercial space, organized by departments and categories.
Diversificarea asortimentului / Assortment diversification
RO: Strategie de marketing prin care se adaugă produse noi în ofertă pentru a atrage noi segmente de clienți.
EN: A marketing strategy involving the addition of new products to the offer in order to attract new customer segments.
Lărgimea asortimentului / Assortment width
RO: Indicator comercial ce desemnează numărul total de linii de produse distincte pe care o firmă le pune la vânzare.
EN: A commercial indicator designating the total number of distinct product lines that a company offers for sale.
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