E OBJ 4.01 Vocab

Agents

• The people who make or provide goods and services

• A channel of distribution in which goods and services move directly from the producer to the consumer or industrial user

• Paths, or routes, that goods or services take from the producer to the ultimate consumer or industrial user

• Intermediaries who assist in the sale and/or promotion of goods and services but do not take title to them

Channels of distribution

• Paths, or routes, that goods or services take from the producer to the ultimate consumer or industrial user

• Channel members operating between the producer and the consumer or industrial user to help in the movement of goods and services

• People who personally use a good or service to satisfy their own wants

• Intermediaries who help to move goods between producers and retailers by buying goods from producers and selling them to retailers

Direct distribution

• A channel of distribution in which goods and services move from the producer to intermediaries and then to consumers or industrial users

• A channel of distribution in which goods and services move directly from the producer to the consumer or industrial user

• Intermediaries who help to move goods between producers and retailers by buying goods from producers and selling them to retailers

• Channel members operating between the producer and the consumer or industrial user to help in the movement of goods and services

Indirect distribution

• A channel of distribution in which goods and services move from the producer to intermediaries and then to consumers or industrial users

• A channel of distribution in which goods and services move directly from the producer to the consumer or industrial user

• Intermediaries who assist in the sale and/or promotion of goods and services but do not take title to them

• The people who make or provide goods and services

Industrial user

• A business that buys materials, services, or goods that will be used to make other goods or used in the operation of the company

• The people who make or provide goods and services

• Businesses that buy consumer goods or services and sell them to ultimate consumers

• People who personally use a good or service to satisfy their own wants

Intermediaries

• Intermediaries who assist in the sale and/or promotion of goods and services but do not take title to them

• Paths, or routes, that goods or services take from the producer to the ultimate consumer or industrial user

• Channel members operating between the producer and the consumer or industrial user to help in the movement of goods and services

• Businesses that buy consumer goods or services and sell them to ultimate consumers

Producers

• The people who make or provide goods and services

• Businesses that buy consumer goods or services and sell them to ultimate consumers

• People who personally use a good or service to satisfy their own wants

• Intermediaries who assist in the sale and/or promotion of goods and services but do not take title to them

Retailers

• Businesses that buy consumer goods or services and sell them to ultimate consumers

• People who personally use a good or service to satisfy their own wants

• Intermediaries who assist in the sale and/or promotion of goods and services but do not take title to them

• Intermediaries who help to move goods between producers and retailers by buying goods from producers and selling them to retailers

Ultimate consumers

• People who personally use a good or service to satisfy their own wants

• Intermediaries who help to move goods between producers and retailers by buying goods from producers and selling them to retailers

• The people who make or provide goods and services

• Intermediaries who assist in the sale and/or promotion of goods and services but do not take title to them

Wholesalers

• Intermediaries who assist in the sale and/or promotion of goods and services but do not take title to them

• A channel of distribution in which goods and services move directly from the producer to the consumer or industrial user

• Businesses that buy consumer goods or services and sell them to ultimate consumers

• Intermediaries who help to move goods between producers and retailers by buying goods from producers and selling them to retailers