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Sortimentsanbieter

English translation: general supplier

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German term or phrase:Sortimentsanbieter
English translation:general supplier
Entered by: Marc Svetov

17:46 Jan 29, 2011
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Wine / Oenology / Viticulture / German wine market
German term or phrase: Sortimentsanbieter
"Auch der übrige Lebensmittelhandel, der sich als Sortimentsanbieter versteht, setzt im Preiseinstiegssortiment auf Handelseigenmarken und bietet diese auf Discountniveau im Preisbereich bis XX Euro an. Das darüber angesiedelte Mittelpreissegment im Bereich von XX bis ZZ Euro bietet ein breites Feld für Erzeugermarken und höherwertige Markenweine."
Marc Svetov
United States
Local time: 10:43
general supplier
Explanation:
See similar construction at dict.cc: "Sortimentsgroßhandler" = "general wholesaler"

http://www.dict.cc/?s=Sortimentsgroßhändler
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Lynda Hepburn
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:43
Grading comment
Thanks.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1general supplier
Lynda Hepburn
4distributor
Ramey Rieger (X)
3retail supplier
Wendy Streitparth


  

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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
general supplier


Explanation:
See similar construction at dict.cc: "Sortimentsgroßhandler" = "general wholesaler"

http://www.dict.cc/?s=Sortimentsgroßhändler

Lynda Hepburn
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:43
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  szkott: Basically: sortiment = general, retail = einzel... and supplier = Anbieter. Also they are talking about "Handelseigenmarken", so "distributor" fits less well in my opinion.
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
distributor


Explanation:
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Ramey Rieger (X)
Germany
Local time: 17:43
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 14
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retail supplier


Explanation:
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Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Local time: 17:43
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
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