wholesaler
Retailer's merchandise source
A wholesaler is a business or person who buys goods in large quantities from manufacturers and sells them to retailers rather than directly to consumers.
The wholesaler occupies the middle of the supply chain: The store sources its inventory from a wholesaler in New Jersey.
Wholesalers typically offer lower per-unit prices in exchange for bulk purchases.
One who sells goods
- vendorOne who sells goods
- supplierSource of goods
- traderOne who transacts commercially
- brokerTransaction intermediary for hire
agent · merchant · shopkeeper · outlet · emporium · bazaar · entrepreneur · businessman
Entity channeling goods downstream
- intermediaryAgent linking two parties
- middlemanAgent linking two parties
- stockistRetailer carrying specific goods
- jobberMiddleman in trade
channel · logistics · warehousing · fulfillment · B2B · network · territory · regional
Bulk goods storage building
- palletStackable freight platform
- inventoryCatalog of held assets
- stockpileAccumulated reserve supply
- quantitiesMeasured amounts or numbers
volume · cargo · shipment · consignment · crates · cartons · containers · bales
Obtain from overseas
- exportForeign-bound sale
- commoditiesTradeable raw materials
- brokerageTransaction-facilitating service
- commerceExchange of goods, services
transaction · negotiation · contracts · marketplace · exchange · arbitrage · procurement · sourcing
dealer
One who sells goods
broker · agent · merchant · shopkeeper · outlet · emporium · bazaar · entrepreneur · businessman · salesman
distributor
Entity channeling goods downstream
- intermediaryAgent linking two parties
- middlemanAgent linking two parties
- stockistRetailer carrying specific goods
jobber · channel · logistics · warehousing · fulfillment · B2B · network · territory · regional · national
warehouse
Bulk goods storage building
quantities · volume · cargo · shipment · consignment · crates · cartons · containers · bales · lot
import
Obtain from overseas
- exportForeign-bound sale
- commoditiesTradeable raw materials
- brokerageTransaction-facilitating service
commerce · transaction · negotiation · contracts · marketplace · exchange · arbitrage · procurement · sourcing · trading
- merchantstraders, merchant, merchants, vendors, storekeeper
- traderstrader, merchant, vendor, dealer, importer
- commercetrade, banking, merchant, imports, sales
- fishing industrycommercial fishing, fishing fleet, fishing vessels, fishing ports, fishing port
- pharmacypharmacist, pharmacy, prescription, dispensing, prescriptions
- business contactsclient, colleagues, colleague, contact, coworker
wholesalerretailer
One who sells goods
retail store · shopkeeper · end consumer · storefront · boutique
wholesalerbuyer
One who acquires things
purchaser · customer · client · purchasing agent · wholesale buyer
- wholesale destruction
- wholesale pricePre-retail bulk rate
- wholesale club
- wholesale marketBulk goods trading venue
- wholesale pricingPre-retail cost structure
- wholesale ratesBulk purchase pricing