The retailer and vendors are an integral part in the trade cycles but they differ in their functions. A retailer sells the product to the end-users, while a vendor supplies the products.

Retailer and Reseller are basically sellers. Retailers sell the manufactured product to the end-users, while resellers sell the sold products back to any respective authority in a trade cycle.

Distributor and Stockist both distribute the goods, but, a distributor distributes the goods without any planning, whereas a stockist distributes the goods with a plan.

The main difference between a distributor and a retailer is that, a distributor supplies the products, goods and/or services, while a retailer sells the products, goods and/or services.

A distributor and a franchise are basically spreaders of products, differing in the way in which they spread. A distributor spreads the product by distributing, while a franchise spreads the product by...