The sale of goods or services in large quantities and at lower prices to someone other than consumers. Sales to a retail business, merchants, manufacturers, industrial firms, commercial, and other businesses. Sometimes called middleperson, middleman or distributor.
In commerce, a wholesaler buys and stores goods in large quantities from their manufacturers or importers, and then sells smaller quantities to retailers, who in turn sell to the general public. Retailers may also buy directly from manufacturers.
As opposed to retail, wholesale concerns the direct traffic routing between a carrier and another carrier
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