A merchant is a person or company engaged in trade, conducting sales through stores or online platforms, particularly one that engages in international import and export activities.
Merchants in a Southern Port by Thomas Wyck c. 1660
A scale or balance is often used to symbolise a merchant
Costumes of merchants from Brabant and Antwerp, engraving by Abraham de Bruyn, 1577
Phoenician merchants traded across the entire Mediterranean region
A bazaar or souk is a marketplace consisting of multiple small stalls or shops, especially in West Asia, North Africa, the Balkans, Central Asia, and South Asia. They are traditionally located in vaul
The Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, Turkey
Shuk Mahane Yehuda, a popular shuk in Jerusalem, often simply called the Shuk (Hebrew: השוק, romanized: ha-Šūq)