Business Essentials

3. one of a series of stores selling the same merchandise
5. consists of a wholesaler-sponsored group of independent retailers engaged in bulk buying and common merchandising
8. intermediaries who help move goods between producers and retailers by buying goods from producers and selling them to retailers
10. changes shape or forms of materials so that they will be useful to consumers
11. perform intangible activities that satisfies the needs and wants of a consumer
12. to accumulate the highest amounts of earnings possible
13. constructs roads, houses, buildings, etc.

1. provides goods in their natural state
2. the making of something
4. industries business that buys and sells goods to others
6. a business that buys consumer goods or services and sells them to the ultimate consumer
7. the people who make or provide services
9. a duty to contribute to the well-being of society