wholesale distribution
Mass merchant supply
Wholesale distribution is the business of buying goods in large quantities from manufacturers and selling them to retailers or other businesses rather than directly to consumers.
Wholesalers serve as intermediaries in the supply chain, warehousing products and breaking bulk shipments into smaller orders: The company handles wholesale distribution for several electronics brands.
- distributorsEntities that supply retailers
- wholesalersBulk goods merchants
- freightGoods being transported
- intermediariesAgents linking separate parties
- middlemanAgent linking two parties
economies of scale · bulk purchasing · warehousing · logistics · back of house · pallet jack · markup · procurement · order fulfillment · net 30 · cash and carry · volume discounts · inventory · inventory management · stock · supply chain · supply chain management · delivery
- warehousingwarehouse, warehouses, fulfillment centers, fulfillment center, forklift
- logisticsshipping, delivery, warehouses, warehousing, shipment
- publishingpublishers, editors, editor, publishing house, books
- butcherybutcher, meat, butchering, beef, slaughter
- food logisticscold chain, perishables, refrigerated trucks, fresh produce, refrigeration
wholesale distributiondirect-to-consumer
Selling without retail intermediaries
direct sales · disintermediation · vertical integration · farm-to-table