examples:

Charles Henry Harrod

English merchant who took over a shop in London that was expanded by his son into a prestigious department store (1800-1885)

Charles Digby Harrod

English merchant who expanded his father's shop in London into a prestigious department store (1841-1905)

types:

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baker

someone who bakes commercially

book seller, bookdealer

a dealer in books; a merchant who sells books

butcher, meatman

a retailer of meat

clothier, haberdasher

a merchant who sells men's clothing

grain merchant

a merchant who deals in food grains

grocer

a retail merchant who sells foodstuffs (and some household supplies)

hatmaker, hatter, milliner, modiste

someone who makes and sells hats

jeweler, jeweller

someone in the business of selling jewelry

poulterer, poultryman

a dealer in poultry and poultry products

retail merchant, retailer

a merchant who sells goods at retail

rug merchant

a merchant who sells rugs

salt merchant, salter

someone who makes or deals in salt

schlockmeister, shlockmeister

(slang) a merchant who deals in shoddy or inferior merchandise

marketer, seller, trafficker, vender, vendor

someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money

market keeper, shopkeeper, storekeeper, tradesman

a merchant who owns or manages a shop

stationer, stationery seller

a merchant who sells writing materials and office supplies

bargainer, dealer, monger, trader

someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold

merchant-venturer, venturer

a merchant who undertakes a trading venture (especially a venture that sends goods overseas)

vintner, wine merchant

someone who sells wine

booking clerk, ticket agent

someone who sells tickets (e.g., theater seats or travel accommodations)

art dealer

a dealer in works of art requiring esthetic evaluation

barterer

a trader who exchanges goods and not money

bibliopole, bibliopolist

a dealer in secondhand books (especially rare or curious books)

chandler

a retail dealer in provisions and supplies

cheesemonger

someone who sells cheese

cleaner, dry cleaner

the operator of dry-cleaning establishment

cosmetician

someone who sells or applies cosmetics

barrow-boy, barrow-man, costermonger

a hawker of fruit and vegetables from a barrow

cutler

a dealer in cutlery

draper

a dealer in fabrics and sewing materials (and sometimes in clothing and drygoods)

fence

a dealer in stolen property

fishmonger, fishwife

someone who sells fish

florist

someone who grows and deals in flowers

flower girl

a woman who sells flowers in the street

fruiterer

a person who sells fruit

greengrocer

a grocer who sells fresh fruits and vegetables

horse trader

a hard bargainer

hosier

a tradesman who sells hosiery and (in England) knitwear

cheap-jack, huckster

a seller of shoddy goods

hardwareman, ironmonger

someone who sells hardware

licensee

someone to whom a license is granted

mercer

a dealer in textiles (especially silks)

newsagent, newsdealer, newsstand operator, newsvendor

someone who sells newspapers

hawker, packman, peddler, pedlar, pitchman

someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)

pork butcher

a vendor of pork and products made from pork

seedman, seedsman

a dealer in seeds

selling agent

someone who sells goods (on commission) for others

slop-seller, slopseller

a dealer in cheap ready-made clothing

stamp dealer

a dealer in stamps (whose customers are stamp collectors)

stock trader

someone who buys and sells stock shares

tobacconist

a retail dealer in tobacco and tobacco-related articles

dealer

a seller of illicit goods

underseller

a seller that sells at a lower price than others do

type of:

bourgeois, businessperson

a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise