Professional Documents
Culture Documents
1. Marketing
Principles of Marketing Channels
2. Channel behavior
and organizations
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Thu Huong Pham 3. Retailing and
Mobile: 0912522490 Wholesaling
Email: huongftu1@gmail.com
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Risk taking: Assume the risks of carrying out the channel work
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Retailing Trends
• Types of Retailers and Developments
• Product Line Classifications
vNew Retail Forms, Shortening
Retail Life Cycles
üSpecialty stores vThe Rise of Mega-retailers
vGrowth of Non-store Retailing
üDepartment stores
vGrowing Importance of Retail
üSuperstores Technology
üSupermarket vGreen Retailing
üConvenience stores vGlobal Expansion of Major
Retailers
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Types of Wholesalers
5.2. Wholesaling
Wholesaling includes all the activities involved in
selling goods and services to those buying for Merchant wholesaler: An independently business that takes title to the
resale or business use. merchandise it handles
Wholesaler is a firm engaged primarily in
wholesaling activities. Broker: A wholesaler who does not take title to goods and whose function is to
bring buyers and sellers together and assist in negotiation.
Wholesalers buy mostly from producers and sell
mostly to retailers, industrial consumers, and other
wholesalers. As a result, many of most important Agent: A wholesaler who represents buyers or sellers on a relatively permanent
wholesalers are largely unknown to final basis, performs only a few functions, and does not take title to goods.
consumers.
Manufacturers’ sales branches and offices: Wholesaling by sellers or buyers
themselves rather than through independent wholesalers.
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Trends in Wholesaling
The distinction between large retailers and large
wholesalers continues to blur.
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