Peculiarities of distribution and wholesale activities on the re-selling services market

The article is devoted to the analysis of two types of re-selling activity in the trade: distribution and wholesale. The paper reveals content of these notions, uncovers their peculiarities and general features, specifies peculiarities of legislative control in the foregoing spheres. The authors carry out a comparative analysis of wholesale trade and distribution with the help of M. Porter’s value chain. They make a conclusion that distribution combines features of both -wholesale and retail - types of trade.