Question

Hutton Industries wants to hire an intermediary to help with the distribution of its products. Management needs an intermediary that will represent the company as sellers, but also wants to retain control over pricing and promotion decisions. It should most likely hire a:_______a. ​limited-service wholesaler.b. ​manufacturers' agent.c. ​selling agent.d. ​commission merchant.e. ​broker.

Answer 1

Answer: (B) Manufacturer agent

Explanation:

A manufacturer agent is refers to the independent sales agent in an organization.

The responsibility of a manufacturer agent is that it is an intermediary an organization as it helps in the product distribution process.

It mainly control all the promotional and the proving decision of the products in an organization and also represent organization as the seller. According to the given question, the company should hire the manufacturer agent.  

Therefore, Option (B) is correct.