selling goods directly to consumers rather than through retailers, usually by mail order, direct-mail shot, newspaper advertising, door-to-door selling, telephone selling, the internet, or television home-shopping channels
Also called: direct selling
Examples of 'direct sales' in a sentence
direct sales
Not redeemable through carphonewarehouse.com or direct sales.
The Sun (2009)
The direct-sales industry works on a 3% return.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Some other direct-sales companies use a slightly different model.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It viewed direct sales as an important cost advantage over competitors selling through retailers.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
More eyeballs means more direct sales of hardware, software and services, and advertising.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Some doctors would even like to stop direct sales to consumers like me.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Exports, driven by trade shows and its direct sales team, hit 5.6m in 2017.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
The company's direct sales model has proved a winner in the recession.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Today its direct-sales operation sells holidays to more than 70 destinations worldwide.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Direct sales or purchases of organs would remain banned.