COMMERCE 101.

                      WHOLESALE TRADE.

Hey Guys, Happy Friday. It’s a New Day to learn and have FUN doing so. Let’s get straight to the point at hand.

Wholesaling is a business activity which involves buying of goods and services from the producer in bulk, and selling in small quantities to the retailers and other merchants.  In other words, A Wholesaler is a trader who buys goods in large quantity and sells in small quantity to retailers.

FUNCTIONS OF THE WHOLESALER TO THE PRODUCER:

1.      The Wholesaler purchases goods in large quantities and sell in small quantity to the retailer.

2.     He makes spaces available for further production by buying and clearing the goods from the producer’s warehouse and storing them in his own warehouse (This is especially when the Producer has limited space in his warehouse).

3.     He makes money available to the manufacturer by buying goods and paying promptly.

4.     He keeps the manufacturer informed about the market situation from information he gathered from retailers and consumers.

5.     He relieves the manufacturer from the problem of transportation and distribution of goods.

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COMMERCE 101.

               MODERN TREND IN RETAILING.

Hey Guys, it’s a lovely Thursday, a new day to Learn and have Fun. So let’s get started on our Topic for today.

New Trends have been introduced in Retailing Business because of the dynamic nature of commercial activities. In order to enhance and facilitate business activities, new ideas and Techniques have been introduced. These include: Branding, Self-Service, After-Service, Vending Machine & Repackaging.

1.     BRANDING- It is a Name, Term, Sign, Symbol, or Design or the combination of all of them that an Organization uses to distinguish its goods from that of other organizations. It is used to prevent product Adulteration.

  Advantages of Branding:

a.     It ensures High Quality Goods.

b.     It Prevents Product Adulteration.

c.      It saves the cost of Advertising.

d.     Branded Goods are easily recognized.

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COMMERCE 101.

 LARGE SCALE RETAILING.

Hey Guys, It’s been long I know, and I missed you loads….   Anyways, I had to work on balancing my education with this my passion to help people educationally on this blog. So by Gods Grace it’s sorted out and I will be around more often.

So today we are discussing the above mentioned Topic, so let’s relax, learn and have FUN. 

Large Scale Retailing is a system of trading with large scope of operation. As the name implies it involves trading that is large in nature. It exists in the following:

1.     CHAIN/ MULTIPLE STORE- It is a large retail store that has the same or identical store designs, layout and stock display. It has branches which is scattered all over the country while the Head office supplies the goods to the outlet. For example- Leventis Store, UTC Store, ShopRite etc.

Features of Chain Stores:

a.     They Sell Similar Range of Goods.

b.     They are found in Towns and Urban Area.

c.      They Have Identical Store Designs.

d.     They have similar Stock display.

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