A wholesaler who takes over the whole marketing job nationally for one or a few manufacturers is called a Multiple Choice merchant wholesaler. manufacturers' agent. broker. specialty wholesaler. selling agent. Which of the following is a characteristic of agent wholesalers? Multiple Choice They are more common in domestic trade than in international trade. They operate at relatively high costs. They own the products they sell. They normally specialize by customer type and by product or product line. None of these answers is correct. General-line Wholesalers are wholesalers that Multiple Choice O carry a very narrow range of products and offer more information and service than other service wholesalers. O carry a wide variety of nonperishable items. O operate like service wholesalers except that the customer must pay cash. O provide only some wholesaling functions. O carry a narrower line of merchandise than general merchandise wholesalers. Merchant wholesalers Multiple Choice own the products they sell. often specialize by certain types of products or customers. take title to the products they are selling for some period before selling to customers. constitute almost 85 percent of the wholesaling establishments in the United States. All these answers are correct. Fashion Mart, a brick-and-mortar clothing retailer, offers free Wi-Fi in its stores and urges customers to launch its app when entering the store to view additional sales and loyalty credits. Which of the following best applies to this scenario? Multiple Choice 0 Smartphones are the newest shopping channel. 0 Large brick-and-mortar stores offer a larger product assortment in-store to entice customers to shop there. 0 Online retailers are opening physical spaces. 0 Both webrooming and showrooming involve the use of mobile devices in-store. en wat ons in die sem 0 Multichannel shopping causes problems for retailers. Retailing on the Internet Multiple Choice makes it hard for consumers to compare products or prices. is limited to only a few mass-merchandisers. makes it possible to view an almost unlimited assortment of products. is not expected to grow very fast. All these answers are correct. sell hardware, jewelry, and sporting goods out of a catalog to small industrial or retail customers that other wholesalers may not call on. Multiple Choice O Specialty wholesalers Cash-and-carry wholesalers Selling agents Catalog wholesalers Truck wholesalers