More active management of the exposure where the financial hedging instruments can be combined with PPAs or other agreements of different contracts lengths when the timing is right and when it fits the hedging strategy. In additional, averages must be calculated using a 90-day rolling average. While these new standard Merchant monitoring requirements are mandatory only for Acquirers who exceed the levels of fraud specified, all Acquirers are recommended to adopt similar daily Merchant monitoring practices. Merchant Trading definitely gives higher revenue to the borrower or producer, however, recovery of fixed charges is not assured in case of merchant sale. It is a large industry with lots of significant players. However, most of them are unknown to end customers.

Types of Merchant Trade

• Full-Service
  Performs end-to-end interactions between manufacturer and retailers. They buy goods, divide, store and deliver them to shops. Apart from that, this type of wholesalers take care of the financial part of reselling, promote the products and collect market information. Finally, they bear all the risks of indirect sales. If the consignment went bad during transportation or storage, it’s a full-service wholesaler who will incur the losses.

1) Britannia

Britannia Industries is one of India’s leading food companies with a 100 year legacy and annual revenues. Britannia is among the most trusted food brands, and manufactures India’s favorite brands like Good Day, Tiger, NutriChoice, Milk Bikis and Marie Gold which are household names in India. Britannia’s product portfolio includes Biscuits, Bread, Cakes, Rusk, and Dairy products including Cheese, Beverages, Milk and Yoghurt. It have a presence in more than 60 countries across the globe. An international footprint includes presence in Middle East through local manufacturing in UAE and Oman, are the No 2 biscuit player in UAE with a strong contention to leadership and have a similarly strong market position in the other GCC countries. Also the market leaders in Nepal and are in the process of investing a manufacturing facility in the country. Brand Britannia is listed amongst the most trusted, valuable and popular brands in various surveys conducted by prestigious organizations like Millward Brown, IMRB, WPP Group and Havas Media Group to name a few.

Website : http://britannia.co.in/products/biscuits

2) Allenbrother

Founded in 1893 in Chicago’s famed Union Stockyards meat market, Allen Brothers still operates in the same neighborhood that shaped the American beef industry more than 120 years ago. For more than a century, the name Allen Brothers has been synonymous with the world’s finest beef. The company has an unmatched reputation for quality and integrity and it has a steadfast commitment to customer service and innovation. Allen Brothers uses the highest grade of USDA Prime, representing the top three percent of all graded American beef. This results in meats that are “the ultimate in tenderness, juiciness and flavor” according to the USDA. Allen Brothers also offers the finest, humanely raised, Heritage breed veal and lamb as well as pork, seafood and ready-to-eat side dishes and prepared desserts that bring an element of convenience as well as quality to the table. Today, the steaks that the country’s top restaurants have built a reputation upon are available for everyone to enjoy at home.

Website : https://www.allenbrothers.com/

3) Johnson and Johnson

Johnson & Johnson, we believe good health is the foundation of vibrant lives, thriving communities and forward progress. That’s why for more than 130 years, we have aimed to keep people well at every age and every stage of life. Today, as the world’s largest and most broadly based healthcare company, we are committed to using our reach and size for good. We strive to improve access and affordability, create healthier communities, and put a healthy mind, body and environment within reach of everyone, everywhere. Every day, our more than 130,000 employees across the world are blending heart, science and ingenuity to profoundly change the trajectory of health for humanity.

Website : https://www.jnj.com/

• Limited Service
  This type of intermediary only provides a limited set of services. Based on them, it can be divided into several groups.

1. Cash-and-Carry
   Deliver goods to their selling points, where retailers and customers can buy those products. A cash-and-carry trade is a trading strategy that an investor can utilize in order to take advantage of market pricing discrepancies. It usually entails taking a long position in a security or commodity while simultaneously selling the associated derivative, specifically by shorting a futures or options contract. The security or commodity being purchased is held until the contract delivery date and is used to cover the short position’s obligation. By selling a futures contract, the investor has taken a short position. The investor knows how much will be made on the delivery date and the cost of the security because of the cash-and-carry trade’s long position component.
2. Truck wholesaler
   Deliver a small number of products to retailers and customers. Also easily encounter it at markets.
3. Rack Jobbers
   Buy and stock good for stores, fill the shelves in shops and keep the inventory.
4. Drop Shippers
   Did not participate in delivering goods at all. They market products abd takes order via websites or landing pages.
5. Mail-Order
   Goods are sell to retailers or customers through catalogs. Usually it will be communicate through mail.

1) Amazon

One constant is customner desire for lower prices, better selection and convenient services. Initially Amazon shopper able to find what they need online and in person. From delivering fresh product to their doorstep to creating and disturbing movies, music and more. Teams around the world invent on behalf of our customers every day to meet their desire for lower prices, better selection, and convenient services. One way we guarantee a wide selection of products is through the 1.7 million small and medium businesses around the world selling on Amazon.com and offering more options for customers.

Website : https://www.aboutamazon.com/

2) Metro Cash and Carry

METRO is a leading international specialist in wholesale and food retail which operates in 34 countries and employs more than 97,000 people worldwide. In financial year 2019/20, METRO generated sales of €25.6 billion. METRO Cash & Carry is the wholesale division of METRO. The company provides custom solutions to meet the regional and international needs of its wholesale and retail customers. Cash and Carry wholesale is primarily defined by its customer base and the unique business model. This means, registered business customers visit a Cash & Carry outlet, select their own purchases and carry these back themselves instead of placing orders with multiple vendors. Every day at METRO outlets across the world, more than our employees serve business customers with a wide assortment of up to 50,000 food and non-food products, available under one roof at wholesale prices.

Website : https://www.metro.co.in/

3)Alibaba

Launched in 1999, Alibaba.com is the leading platform for global wholesale trade. We serve millions of buyers and suppliers around the world. Alibaba.com brings you hundreds of millions of products in over 40 different major categories, including consumer electronics, machinery and apparel.

Buyers for these products are located in 190+ countries and regions, and exchange hundreds of thousands of messages with suppliers on the platform each day. As a platform, we continue to develop services to help businesses do more and discover new opportunities.

Whether it’s sourcing from your mobile phone or contacting suppliers in their local language, turn to Alibaba.com for all your global business needs.

Website : https://www.alibaba.com/