wholesale buying
Buying in quantity
Wholesale buying is purchasing goods in large quantities, typically at reduced prices, for resale or business use rather than personal consumption.
The term distinguishes bulk purchasing from retail buying, where consumers purchase smaller amounts at higher per-unit prices: The restaurant saves money through wholesale buying of ingredients.
- bulkMain mass or size
- bulk orderLarge-quantity procurement
- palletsFlat freight platforms
- warehouseBulk goods storage building
- big boxWarehouse-style retail building
distributor · inventory · cartons · discount · price break · net 30 · volume · minimum order · supplier · trade · trade show · clearance · stockpile · freight · liquidation · cases · margin · resale
- collective buyingGroupon, LivingSocial, social shopping, tipping point
- food procurementforaging, harvesting, fishing, gathering, berry picking
- buying upstockpiling, hoarding, accumulating, amassing, scooping up
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