It includes general merchandise discount chains,
4.
Facilitating agencies
Ⅲ. Channel functions and flows
1. Channel functions
To help direct a product from the producer to the
Ⅱ. Channel institution
There four broad categories as follows: 1. Merchant wholesalers
(1): Full service wholesalers: perform a wide variety of
functions foe their suppliers and customers including buying, selling, transportation, storing and financing. They are particularly active in industries with many small manufactures on one side and small independent retailers or commercial users on the other. The form: manufactures’ sale ranches and office (used in trucking, farm machinery, automotive equipment and parts, plumbing); rack jobber( like supermarkets and drugstores)