When a common, private or collective ownership of any services and goods is transferred to an entity or a person to other by receiving something in exchange from the purchaser is commonly termed as trade and the act of performing so it known as trading. Barter, financial transaction and commerce are also some of the terms which are sometimes to describe the word, trade. Market is the network which allows the process of trade. Barter is considered the original trade form, in which the goods and services were directly exchanged. This type of trade also performed in present times but has become somewhat rare. After that, the barter system came on in which one side of the trade consisted of precious metals such as coin, bills, metals and paper money. The negotiation is mostly based on the money exchange in the modern era that has indeed separated the terms selling and buying. Trade which involves two traders is known as bilateral trade whereas if many traders is termed as multilateral trade.
Due to the division and specialisation of works of a labour, trade occurs. Most of the people concentrate on the small aspect business and on the trade of other products. Basically, trading occurs between two regions or states or countries. This is due to different regions having comparative advantage which is used as reference to the ability of a country or a person to manufacture goods of cheaper marginal cost and cost of opportunity. This is also because the different size of the region has different capacity of production on large basis. As a result, the market price provides advantage for both the locations. The sale of merchandise including boutique or department store from a place that is fixed is termed as retail trade.
In this trade process, a very necessary role is performed by the companies which actively participate in trade activities. These companies are normally called as trading companies. It is usually a business of doing work with different kinds of products and those which are sold for consumer, business or any purpose of the government. These companies have a definite functioning way. First of all they buy different range of products that are specialised and maintains a stock. After that they deliver these products to the consumers or customers. Practical conditions of various types help in the making of many varieties of businesses. Normally, two types of business are defined in trade. Wholesalers maintain the stocks and deliver the products to consumers of large end or shops. They usually have large working areas while the customers work in little areas, sometimes also in small neighbourhood. Faster distribution methods, modern marketing ways and computing has brought some significant changes in the business models.