business-to-business
noun
busi·ness-to-busi·ness
ˈbiz-nəs-tə-ˈbiz-nəs 
: a sector of business activity that focuses on commerce performed between businesses rather than between a business and a consumer
a company that specializes in business-to-business
Business-to-business, the sale of goods and services to other companies rather than to the public, has flourished for centuries.—
Joanne Legomsky
—usually used before another nounJoanne LegomskyBusiness-to-business sales rose 4.4% from a year earlier, but retail sales increased less than 1%.—The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journalbusiness-to-business companies
the business-to-business market
—abbreviation B2B
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Egypt Stitch & Tex is jointly held by business-to-business exhibition organizer Vision Fairs and Business Plus Fairs, an Emirati holdings group serving various sectors, including commercial, trading and events management.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 27 Feb. 2025
PayPal, founded in 1998, was synonymous with its consumer-facing checkout button, but its business-to-business solutions have amounted to an assortment of homegrown technologies and acquired companies with little cohesion.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2025
At the core of Heineken’s AI initiatives are employing predictive models addressing revenue management, optimization of promotions, consumer promotions in grocery stores, and business-to-business trade promotions.
—Joe McKendrick, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
At OpenAI, go-to-market systems lead Keith Jones said that his team used Clay in its workflows to launch and test new business-to-business sales tactics on a daily basis.
—Alex Konrad, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
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Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 27 Feb. 2025
PayPal, founded in 1998, was synonymous with its consumer-facing checkout button, but its business-to-business solutions have amounted to an assortment of homegrown technologies and acquired companies with little cohesion.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2025
At the core of Heineken’s AI initiatives are employing predictive models addressing revenue management, optimization of promotions, consumer promotions in grocery stores, and business-to-business trade promotions.
—Joe McKendrick, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
At OpenAI, go-to-market systems lead Keith Jones said that his team used Clay in its workflows to launch and test new business-to-business sales tactics on a daily basis.
—Alex Konrad, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Business-to-business.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/business-to-business. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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