distributor // noun [C]

a person or business that supplies goods produced by other companies to shops/stores or directly to the public:

Japan's largest software distributor

the largest US distributor of canned fruit and vegetables

We have been appointed sole distributor for these products in Australia and New Zealand.

Most of our sales are through distributors.

a wholesale distributor (= one that only sells to shop/stores, etc.)

◆ Third-party distributors are used to distribute the products in the areas where we do not have offices. See note at SUPPLY CHAIN

❖ to act as/appoint (sb as)/use a distributor

◆ an authorized/exclusive/a sole distributor

◆ a foreign/local distributor

distributorship noun [C]:

The group has won an exclusive distributorship for the range in Singapore.

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