The firm that buys products from producers and processors to sell to food retailers and foodservice The main functions are to purchase, transport, assemble, store and distribute
A merchant middleman who stocks and sells in quantity chiefly to retailers, other merchants, or industrial, institutional, and commercial users mainly for resale or business use
stockholding supplier of titles to booksellers whose business is based on buying from the publisher in quantity and supplying single copy or small orders
The companies that physically distribute magazines to single-copy retail outlets, process returns and engage in marketing and in-store service Wholesalers once served specific geographic territories But due to retail chains' insistence, one or two major wholesalers are now responsible for magazine distribution to an entire retail chain, however geographically far-flung
A wholesaler is a person whose business is buying large quantities of goods and selling them in smaller amounts, for example to shops. a person or company who sells goods wholesale retailer
a person or company that sells goods wholesale is a middleman that buys its merchandise from a third party supplier and resells the merchandise to retail businesses or the end consumer. A wholesaler normally does not sell to other wholesalers
Merchandiser of lists compiled or owned by others, usually working with compiled lists mainly covering a local area; differentiated from a broker by type of list and coverage
In trade book distribution, a large-volume buyer of primarily mass market paperback titles for distribution to book racks in newspaper and magazine stands, bookstores, and similar outlets Traditionally, wholesalers have differed significantly from jobbers in the services they provide, which include title selection, delivery, rack stocking, and removing slow-moving inventory In recent years, some blurring of the distinction between wholesalers and jobbers has occurred, as wholesalers carry non-mass market titles, and jobbers carry mass market titles
a business that buys large quantities from extractors and manufacturers then sells them to other businesses Supermarkets buy groceries from wholesalers Hospitals and schools often buy supplies wholesale
An intermediary between manufacturers and retailers in various activities such as promotion, warehousing, and the arranging of transport and or distribution
Cooperative - An organization owned by independent retailers that buys products and provides services for those retailers The fact that the purchasing/distribution center is owned by the retailers differentiates the cooperative wholesaler from the voluntary
Regional and local companies that physically distribute magazines to single-copy retail outlets and process returns Wholesalers, who may also engage in marketing and in-store service, have traditionally purchased magazines at 40 percent off cover price, but that figure is becoming more negotiable Retailers have in recent years caused a massive consolidation of wholesalers, and a revolution in the traditional single-copy distribution system, by putting their business out to bid Within the evolving distribution system, it is common for one or a few wholesalers to be responsible for magazine distribution to an entire retail chain, however geographically far-flung
[ 'hOl ] (adjective.) before 12th century. Middle English hool healthy, unhurt, entire, from Old English hAl; akin to Old High German heil healthy, unhurt, Old Norse heill, Old Church Slavonic celu.