Question

Distinguish between the following:
Itinerant Retailers and Non-Itinerant (Fixed shop retailer).

Answer 1

Sr No.	Points	Itinerant Retailers	Non-Itinerants Retailers
1	Meaning	Itinerant retailers are those retailers who do not have a fixed places for their business.	Fixed shop retailers are those retailers who have a fixed place for their business.
2	Capital	It requires limited capital.	It requires higher capital investment.
3	Stock of goods	They keep limited stock of goods.	They keep large stock of goods.
4	Quality of goods	They sell low quality goods.	They sell quality goods.
5	Variety of goods	They do not offer variety of goods to customers.	They offer variety of goods to customers.
6	Prices	Prices of goods is lower due to absence of fixed cost.	Prices of goods is higher than itinerant retailers.
7	Credit facility	Credit facility is not given to customers.	Credit facility is given only to regular customers.
8	Choice of goods	Customers have no scope for choice of goods.	Customers have more scope for choice of goods.
9	Door to door service	They offer door to door service to their customers.	They do not offer door to door services to their customers.
10	After sales service	They do not provide after sales service to customers.	They provide after sales service to customers.
11	Types of goods	It deals in goods of daily need and more perishable nature.	It deals in all types of goods as per the needs of the customers.