stockists
Shops with inventory
Stockists are retailers or shops that carry a particular brand or product for sale.
The term is primarily British and appears most often in marketing contexts, where companies direct customers to find their products: Visit our website for a list of stockists near you.
American English more commonly uses retailers, dealers, or simply stores.
A stockist relationship implies the shop has agreed to keep the brand in stock rather than just occasionally carrying it.
Those who furnish goods
- procurementObtaining goods externally
- wholesaleBulk sales to merchants
- bulkMain mass or size
- B2BEnterprise-to-enterprise commerce
importers · exporters · vendors · trade · commercial · merchants · traders · supply
Bulk goods storage building
- stockroomStorage for merchandise
- backstockUnshelved store inventory
- shelvesHorizontal storage platforms
- binsReceptacles for storage
racks · quantities · assortment · selection · range · catalog · replenishment · on-hand
Bulk goods merchants
- distributorsEntities that supply retailers
- channelPassage for transmission
- consignmentBatch delivered for selling
- freightGoods being transported
shipping · intermediary · export · import · carrier · fulfillment · regional · territory
Small specialized retail shop
- emporiumLarge varied retail store
- showroomRetail exhibition space
- outletPoint of release
- franchiseLicensed business operation
chain · supermarket · shopkeeper · vendor · storefront · merchant · marketplace · purveyor
suppliers
Those who furnish goods
- procurementObtaining goods externally
- wholesaleBulk sales to merchants
- bulkMain mass or size
B2B · importers · exporters · vendors · trade · commercial · merchants · traders · supply · obtainability
warehouse
Bulk goods storage building
- stockroomStorage for merchandise
- backstockUnshelved store inventory
- shelvesHorizontal storage platforms
bins · racks · quantities · assortment · selection · range · catalog · replenishment · on-hand · availability
wholesalers
Bulk goods merchants
- distributorsEntities that supply retailers
- channelPassage for transmission
- consignmentBatch delivered for selling
freight · shipping · intermediary · export · import · carrier · fulfillment · regional · territory · network
boutique
Small specialized retail shop
franchise · chain · supermarket · shopkeeper · vendor · storefront · merchant · marketplace · purveyor · dealer
- tradetrade balance, free trade, trade barriers, customs, trade deficit
- merchantstraders, merchant, merchants, retailers, vendors
- intermediariesmiddleman, middlemen, go-between, go-betweens, broker
stockistsmanufacturers
Entities producing goods massively
producers · makers · fabricators · creators · factories