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Æ m Wholesaling À All activities involved in selling goods and services to those buying for resale or business use.
m Wholesaler À A firm engaged primarily in wholesaling activity.
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Wholesaling m Wholesalers add value by performing the following functions: À Selling and promoting À Buying and assortment building À Bulk-breaking À Warehousing À Transportation À Financing À Market information
Wholesaling m Wholesaler Marketing Decisions À Target market and positioning m Targeting may be made on the basis of size of customer, type of retailer, need for service
À Marketing mix decisions m Product and service assortment m Pricing: usually markup standard percent m Promotion: largely disorganized and unplanned m Place: location, facilities
Wholesaling in INDIA m Delhi biggest consumption centerñ m It has attained the status major distribution centerñ m mployed -160000 persons m In storage- 7000 persons m In warehousing 27000
Sub city level distribution Places
Speciality
Azadpur
Fruits / vegetables
Okhla
Fruits / vegetables
Narela
Food grains
Naraina
Iron/steel
Sanjay Gandhi transport centre
Transport/warehousing
Rohtak road transport centre
Transport/warehousing
Najagarh
Food grains
Wholesale Vs Retail Trade Wholesale m Mperate on large scale. m Needs large capital m Low price and margins m Act as 1st outlet in distribution m Showroom not required.
Retail m Mperate on small scale. m Needs limited capital m Relatively high prices and margins. m Act as end outlet in distribution m Showroom is required.
Types of Wholesalers m Wholesale Categories:
· Products Carried ·Promotional activities ·Distribution ·Service level ·Product ownership
Products carried m General merchandise m Specialty merchandise
romotional activities m wxtensive promotion m Limited promotion
Æistribution m Stationary location · Customer accessible · Not customer accessible m Non Stationary location · Mobile · No facilities
§ervice m Full service m Limited service m No service
M nership m Do take title m Do not take title
~unctions of Wholesalers m m m m m m m m m
Maintenance of sales force §torage Æelivery to retailers ~inancial help to both manufacturers & retailers Merchandising §ales promotional ork roduct servicing Marketing information Risk-bearing
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genefits of m Provide Access to Products m Provide Access to Markets
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Trends in Wholesaling ÀPrice competition is still intense ÀMust add value by increasing efficiency and effectiveness ÀThe distinction between large retailers and wholesalers continues to blur ÀMore services will be provided to retailers
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Disintermediation Facility Location Transportation Costs Adapting to New Technologies Mffering Non-Product Assistance
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