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noun
Sales made for less usual goods within a very large choice, which can return a profit through reduced marketing and distribution costs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: capitalized, sometimes
Topics: business, marketing
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noun
The tail of a distribution that represents the rare occurrence of extreme values.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics
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History
In the marketing sense popularized by journalist Chris Anderson in 2004, alluding to the long tail of a power law distribution.
Across languages
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