Companies or individuals who buy products from manufacturers and sell them to retailers or end users. They serve as intermediaries in the supply chain.
From Latin 'distribuere' meaning to divide among, from 'dis-' (apart) and 'tribuere' (to assign or allot). The commercial sense developed during the Industrial Revolution as mass production required new ways to get goods to consumers.
Distributors are the invisible backbone of modern commerce, yet most consumers never think about them. These middle-tier companies often determine what products succeed or fail by choosing what to carry and how aggressively to market items to retailers.
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