wholesaler

noun whole·sal·er \ ˈhōl-ˌsā-lər \

|Updated on: 10 Aug 2018

Examples: wholesaler in a Sentence

Definition of wholesaler

: a merchant middleman who sells chiefly to retailers, other merchants, or industrial, institutional, and commercial users mainly for resale or business use

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Examples of wholesaler in a Sentence

a leading wholesaler in the book business

Recent Examples of wholesaler from the Web

That’s because dairy farmers have started cutting their prices to wholesalers to offset the higher tariffs, reducing their profits.

— paul davidson, USA TODAY, "U.S. trade war with China, other countries: Layoffs, reduced hours, thinner profits," 6 July 2018
Unlike most local fishing operations that eke out a meager living selling their catch to wholesalers, the Villanis sell direct to the public—and command a lot more for their fish.

— WSJ, "New York Couple Happy as Clams Selling Fish," 2 July 2018
Early in the film, ’Ntoni’s boat and his fellow fisherman from the village of Aci-Trezza go ashore to unload the morning’s catch and sell it to wholesalers, who take most of the profit.

— New York Times, "How Luchino Visconti Made History Sing," 7 June 2018
The number of barrels of Ballast Point beer shipped to wholesalers last year declined more than 14 percent — from about 370,000 barrels in 2016 to about 316,000, according to data from Beer Marketer’s Insights, a trade publication.

— greg trotter, chicagotribune.com, "How Ballast Point, once one of the fastest-growing craft breweries, lost its mojo — and how it might get it back," 18 May 2018
One drugmaker strategy — a limited distribution network in which the company only provides its medicine to one or two wholesalers or pharmacies instead of many distributors — enables the maker to better control and raise prices.

— Washington Post, "FDA names drugmakers accused of blocking cheaper generics," 17 May 2018
Since buying American Apparel for $88 million, Gildan integrated the brand into its own low-cost manufacturing chain and focused at first on selling blank T-shirts and other items to wholesalers, which customize them for sports teams or events.

— bloomberg, latimes.com, "American Apparel is reopening exactly one store, and it's in Los Angeles," 4 May 2018
Smilianets, who was in charge of sales, dealt directly to wholesalers.

— sam wood, Philly.com, "Two Russians sentenced in Camden in massive hacking scheme," 14 Feb. 2018
Those who trap to sell will catch the animal, kill it, skin it and sell the pelts to wholesalers that pay prevailing market prices for raw fur.

— john carlisle, Detroit Free Press, "John Carlisle: Many are answering the call of the wild in the U.P.," 18 Aug. 2014

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