ABSTRACT
The term 'distribution', in the sense employed here, refers to the transfer of goods and services from a body of producers to a set of consumers. The producers are usually manufacturers of commodities ultimately used in the home but include certain agricultural practices such as horticulture and dairying and office activities concerned with the generation of technical advice, monetary transactions and new fashions or ideas. The consumers are mainly the population at large, particularly those people concentrated in family groups, but also include the various institutions engaged in distribution since these require their own specialist products and information services to help conduct their businesses.
