10.50.10. Agency and Resale Outlets - Additional Requirements

The two chief types of agency and resale outlets encountered when purchasing for Canada are:

1. those engaged in manufacturing, which also act as agency or resale outlets representing other manufacturers (type 1); and
2. those not engaged in any form of manufacturing, which act solely as agents, distributors, wholesalers, jobbers or retailers. They may conduct the functions of purchasing, receiving, storing, shipping and accounting (type 2).