Question

Gene works full time as a park ranger for most of the year, but around Christmas he runs his own business selling Christmas trees. His brother-in-law, Steve, is a Christmas tree grower who grows trees year-round on his land and harvests them in November. Gene buys these trees from Steve and sells them directly to retail outlets. Gene is an example of a(n) _____." agent broken supplier wholesaler

Answer 1

Wholesaler

Step-by-step explanation:

A wholesaler is someone that buys good in large quantities from the manufacturer or producer and sell it to the retailer or consumer. The wholesaler act as a middle man between product's manufacturer and the retailer. Wholesaler sells at a manufacturer's price which is always a fraction of what a retailer will charge on such good.

Gene acts as a wholesaler to his brother in-law steve who grows the tree (as a producer). He is the link man between the producer and the retail outlets