Question

Merits of itinerant traders​

Answer 1

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Explanation:

1. Less capital: itinerant retailers have to move from one place to another , so they don't have to invest huge capital.  For example: hawkers and paddlers have to buy just a hawker and some amount of goods which they can carry.

2. Services to doorsteps: these retailers provides their goods and services at the doors of the customers.  For example: a vegetable seller sells vegetables at the doors of the customers .

3. Elasticity: the goods they sells are usually perishable in nature and whose substitutes are available in abundance. Therefore, these goods are highly elastic .

4. Economy: the goods which itinerants sells are economically cheaper, which even a low class of society can buy. For example: non-branded goods.