wholesale market
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A wholesale market is a marketplace where goods are sold in large quantities, typically to retailers, businesses, or institutional buyers rather than individual consumers.
Prices are lower per unit than retail because of volume: The restaurant sources its produce from the wholesale market.
The term applies to physical locations like food distribution centers and to the abstract commercial space where bulk transactions occur.
- commerceExchange of goods, services
- bulk purchasingOrdering in large quantities
- produceMake or manufacture
- tradeExchange of commodities
- trade showIndustry product exhibition
cash-and-carry · buying power · credit terms · marketplace · warehousing · box truck · logistics · supply chain · distribution channels · agricultural products · procurement · price negotiation · net 30 · consignment · perishables · cold storage · inventory management · transportation
- Eastern tradebazaar, souk, merchant, trader, caravan
- shopsshop, boutique, store, bakery, bookstores
- food systemsfood supply, food distribution, food chain, food bank, food production
- marketsmarketplace, bazaar, souk, vendors, food stalls
- food storesgrocery store, supermarket, grocery, convenience store, bodega
- produce businessorganic produce, retail pricing, seasonal produce, bulk pricing, produce aisle
wholesale marketretail market
Consumer goods commerce
retail store · retail outlet · corner shop · boutique · specialty shop
wholesale marketpoint of sale
Transaction completion location
retail market · direct-to-consumer · storefront · checkout counter