window-dresser

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a. Decorative exhibition of retail merchandise in store windows.

b. Goods and trimmings used in such displays.

2. A means of improving appearances or creating a falsely favorable impression: "The realignment ... may be more window dressing than a substantive change in how the company does business" (Connie Guglielmo).

window-dresser n.

window-dresser

(Business / Professions) a person employed to design and build up a display in a shop window

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