THE PRIMACY OF CIRCULATION AND THE NEW FUNCTIONS OF WHOLESALE COMPANIES IN THE SPATIAL CIRCUITS OF PRODUCTION IN BRAZIL

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Marcos Xavier

Universidade Federal da Integração Latino Americana (UNILA), Brasil,
marcos.xavier@unila.edu.br

Abstract

Efficacy in the circulation of goods has assumed a central role in the action strategies of many enterprises. In Brazil, the importance of circulation is due to two related facts: the transformation of production processes to involve great territorial expansion and the social and territorial expansion of consumption. Since Brazil encompasses a vast and heterogeneous territory, the distribution process is quite complex, and wholesale companies have assumed a strategic importance in the spatial circuits of production. A focus on logistic operations enables these companies to offer industries a territorial enlargement of markets, while at the same time giving consumers access to a more diversified range of products. The result has been that wholesalers and their connections have contributed to the deepening of the territorial division of labour in the country.

Key-words

Circulation, logistics, territory, wholesale

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