It supplies garden centres and retailers across the United Kingdom as well as its own on-site sales.

Caldeira supplies leading retailers in 20 countries.

Manufacturers can still set high standards for service and refuse to supply retailers who don't meet them.

Manufacturers may refuse to supply distributors and retailers (and with commercial products, customers) that trade in grey-market goods.

Founded in 1966, it supplies garden centres and retailers across the United Kingdom as well as its own on-site sales.

For one thing, it has been highly successful for decades supplying retailers worldwide with its products.

Under it, producers are required to sell to wholesalers, or distributors, who are the only ones who can supply retailers.

Amazon.com moved into a building formerly owned by Stanley Works, a highly mechanized warehouse designed to supply retailers with packages of tools.

At the same time, these changes alter the nature of competitive strategy for businesses that supply lean retailers in apparel, textile, and other industries.

Domestic producers say the battle to supply retailers with clothes for the fall season was marked by a big increase in competition from foreign apparel manufacturers.