W.W. Grainger, Inc., is one of the world's largest business-to-business distributors of equipment, component parts, and supplies in the United States and Canada. It has ownership title to over 220,000 products, which are stocked in one national and nine regional warehouses to guarantee product availability and quick service to the many manufacturers who are its customers. W.W. Grainger is an example of a(n):

A. agent or broker
B. merchant wholesaler
C. retailer
D. consumer market
E. hypermarket intermediary


Answer: B

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