merchandise, merchandize

In Canadian usage, the nouns merchandise and merchandiser, as well as the verb merchandise and its forms, are all spelled with an s rather than a z. (However, an accepted American spelling variant for the verb is merchandize.)

• Drew has years of experience with electrical merchandise.
• Van Doren’s is a merchandiser of imported Dutch food.
• Catriona is now the merchandising manager.
• What is the best way to merchandise this new line of sports equipment?
• Gerard merchandised the new software program throughout North America.