{"id":5138,"date":"2019-02-14T04:49:57","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T23:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/astan.lk\/al_virtualclassroom\/?p=5138"},"modified":"2019-02-16T11:43:16","modified_gmt":"2019-02-16T06:13:16","slug":"wholesale-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astan.lk\/al_virtualclassroom\/wholesale-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"Wholesale trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Wholesale trade can be defined as purchasing products for resale or other business purposes.<\/strong><br \/>\n\u0097<\/p>\n<p><strong>The following characteristics can be seen in wholesale trade.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Purchasing goods with the intention of resale<\/li>\n<li>Selling goods in bulk<\/li>\n<li>Giving trade discounts<\/li>\n<li>Storing goods in bulk<\/li>\n<li>Involvement in promotion of goods<\/li>\n<li>Conducting market research<\/li>\n<li>Transporting stocks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u0097 <strong>The wholesale trader provides multiple services to the following parties<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To the producer<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0To the retail trader<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Services provided to the producer<\/strong><br \/>\nExamples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Purchasing goods in bulk<\/li>\n<li>Providing information about the market<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u0097<strong>Services provided to the retail trader<\/strong><br \/>\nExamples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Supplying goods in bulk<\/li>\n<li>Providing financial facilities<\/li>\n<li>Delivering goods to the retail store<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u0097 The agent is a person who is engaged in some activity with the authority of a certain principal<\/p>\n<p>\u0097 <strong>Agents can be categorized according to the services provided by them as follows<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>A commission agent<\/strong> is the agent who purchases or sells goods according to his discretion<br \/>\nin favour of his principals. He does all these things on behalf of his principal and gets a<br \/>\ncommission on them.<\/li>\n<li><strong>A broker<\/strong> is the person who arranges to meet the buyer and the seller relevant to atransaction, facilitates the transaction and obtains brokerage from both parties.<\/li>\n<li><strong>A factor<\/strong> is the agent who purchases or sells goods on behalf of the principal using his \u00a0personal name in all those transactions<\/li>\n<li><strong>A del credere agent<\/strong> takes the full responsibility for collecting all the money from the relevant debtors if a credit sale has been done on behalf of the principal. He gets del credere commission in addition to normal commission.<\/li>\n<li><strong>An auctioneer<\/strong> sells his principal\u2019s goods to the buyers who bid the highest prices orally and openly for the relevant items. He co-ordinates these activities too. He gets auction fees for all these activities.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\u0097<strong> A retail trader, wholesale trader and the agent play the role of intermediaries in trade.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The following are some of the advantages and disadvantages of using intermediaries<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Advantages<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Facilitates distribution of goods<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Facilitates introduction of goods<\/li>\n<li>Facilitates producer\u2019s function<\/li>\n<li>Relevant parties can obtain market information easily.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Disadvantages<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Possibility to cause an unnecessary scarcity of goods in the market.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Possibility of prices of goods rising.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wholesale trade can be defined as purchasing products for resale or other business purposes. \u0097 The following characteristics can be seen in wholesale trade. 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