Wholesale houses buy in large quantities from other countries. They sell in small quantities to shopkeepers and other merchants. In return these merchants and shopkeepers sell in still small amounts to individual buyers.

• 批发公司从他国大量购进商品，又分别小批量地出售给店主和其他商人，接着这些商人和店主又将更少量的商品卖给散客。