• This transaction is a type of consignment in which the seller (usu. a distributor) sells goods to the buyer (often a retailer), who then tries to resell the goods, but a buyer who cannot resell is allowed to return them to the seller. Title and risk of loss are with the buyer until the goods are returned. UCC § 2-326(1)(b).
— Also termed sale and return. [Cases: Sales 168.5(.5). C.J.S. Sales §§ 165–166, 190.]