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Beauty parade

Also called: beauty contest, credentials pitch

ELI5

Several firms present so a client can choose one.

Used in conversation

“We are one of four firms in the beauty parade next Thursday.”

Definition

An informal term for a competitive presentation in which advisers or suppliers pitch to win an appointment.

Here “Beauty parade” means: An informal term for a competitive presentation in which advisers or suppliers pitch to win an appointment.

Pitch context

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Sources & evidence · 3

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.