trading houses
Merchant business establishments
Trading houses are companies that facilitate commerce between regions, historically serving as intermediaries in international trade.
They buy goods in one market and sell them in another, often handling logistics, financing, and market access that individual producers couldn't manage alone.
Japanese trading houses (sōgō shōsha) became particularly prominent, dealing in everything from commodities to manufactured goods: The trading house had offices in twelve countries.
- merchantsThose who conduct commerce
- commoditiesTradeable raw materials
- brokersTransaction intermediaries
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- bill of exchangeNegotiable instrument ordering payment
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trading housesretail shops
Consumer-facing sales establishments
retail stores · boutiques · corner shops · local shops · storefronts
trading housesmanufacturers
Entities producing goods massively
producers · factories · craftsmen · artisans · fabricators
trading housessubsistence farms
Self-sufficient agricultural plots
cooperatives · non-profit organizations · communes · mutual aid societies
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