A business that buys records from many
record companies or manufacturers and sells to rack jobbers, subdistributors,
and retailers. A record distributor may do business locally (area
distributor), nationally (national distributor), or internationally
(international distributor). The largest record distributors,
of which there are only a handful, are called major distributors.
If a distributor, e.g., a one-stop or rack jobber, is a middleman
between a large distributor and a retailer, they are known as
subdistributors. See Cross-links: RACK JOBBER,
ONE-STOP, DISTRIBUTOR, DISTRIBUTION, NATIONAL SALES COMPANY, RECORD
OVERSHIPMENTS, RECORD DISTRIBUTOR,RECORD DISTRIBUTION, RECORD DISTRIBUTOR/MAJOR LABEL LIST,RECORD PROMOTION,RECORD RESERVES, RECORD
COMPANY, RECORD RETAILER, RECORD WHOLESALER.
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