wholesale distributor
Volume goods intermediary
A wholesale distributor is a business that buys goods in large quantities from manufacturers and sells them to retailers or other businesses rather than directly to consumers.
The distributor serves as a middleman in the supply chain, typically maintaining inventory and handling logistics: The restaurant sources its produce through a wholesale distributor.
The term often gets shortened to just "distributor" or "wholesaler."
- warehouseBulk goods storage building
- bulkMain mass or size
- minimum orderLowest acceptable purchase amount
- inventoryCatalog of held assets
- middlemanAgent linking two parties
shipment · pallets · pallet jack · freight · drop shipping · markup · big box · stockroom · back of house · forklift · catalog · B2B · merchandise · vendor · fulfillment · loading dock · trade · margin
wholesale distributorretailer
One who sells goods
retail store · retail outlet · shopkeeper · storefront · boutique
wholesale distributormanufacturer
One who produces goods
producer · end consumer · factory · fabricator · buyer
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