How to say "merchandise" in Japanese

• グッズCommon
  nounCovers merchandise as commercial items tied to entertainment — goods sold at concerts, anime, or sports events. The nuance is fun, fan-oriented items rather than serious retail stock.
  今年ことしもいくつか怪あやしいグッズを見みつけたので、それらをまとめて紹介しょうかいしよう。↗

  This year again I found a number of dodgy goods so I'll introduce them all here.
• 商品しょうひんJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounCovers merchandise as articles of commerce: the goods or stock a store or company sells. This is the ordinary word for commercial products in shops, catalogs, and business contexts.
  食料品しょくりょうひんと衣類いるいの陳列ちんれつ台だいにある商品しょうひんは非常ひじょうに安やすかった。↗

  Goods at the food and clothing stalls were very cheap.

Use 「グッズ」 for merchandise as character, celebrity, or event-related commercial goods, and 商品 for merchandise as ordinary articles of commerce or stock a shop sells.

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• グッズgoods
• 商品しょうひんcommodity
• 商材しょうざいproduct