brick-and-mortar
adjective
brick-and-mor·tar
ˈbrik-ən(d)-ˈmȯr-tər 
variants
or bricks-and-mortar
: relating to or being a traditional business serving customers in a building as contrasted to an online business
a brick-and-mortar store
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Its popularity also led retailers online and in brick-and-mortar stores to sell knockoffs.
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Julia Gomez, USA Today, 5 June 2025
Joann’s 800 brick-and-mortar stores have all closed over the past few months.
—Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 5 June 2025
Staudinger has built a brand that is on the lips of fashionistas everywhere and is growing every which way, adding categories like sport and expanding with brick-and-mortar stores, e-commerce and through wholesale accounts.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 4 June 2025
Founded by pastry chef Sara Lezama as a garage-operation in 2016, Rye Goods opened its first brick-and-mortar storefront at Lido Marina Village in 2020, with locations to follow in Laguna Beach and Tustin.
—Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 3 June 2025
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Julia Gomez, USA Today, 5 June 2025
Joann’s 800 brick-and-mortar stores have all closed over the past few months.
—Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 5 June 2025
Staudinger has built a brand that is on the lips of fashionistas everywhere and is growing every which way, adding categories like sport and expanding with brick-and-mortar stores, e-commerce and through wholesale accounts.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 4 June 2025
Founded by pastry chef Sara Lezama as a garage-operation in 2016, Rye Goods opened its first brick-and-mortar storefront at Lido Marina Village in 2020, with locations to follow in Laguna Beach and Tustin.
—Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 3 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for brick-and-mortar
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“Brick-and-mortar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brick-and-mortar. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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