At the same time, wholesale clubs like Costco, grocery delivery sites and so-called fresh format stores like Whole Foods are poised to grow.
When Ms. Kim started her business in 2008, she sold wholesale products like car-seat covers and inflatable play mats.
By and large, though, even in the face of wholesale infringements like the war on drugs, Americans remain curiously passive.
Instead, much of the cargo is transferred to wholesale shippers like Forward Air who move it by truck on a tight schedule.
In addition to bistros, stalls at wholesale markets like SAPA, on the city outskirts (Libušská 319, Prague 4 Libuš, 420-602 231 886), have garnered followers, and even a visit by Anthony Bourdain for his Prague episode of "No Reservations".
The companies that own the generators offer to supply electricity at a certain price, usually based on the cost of production; wholesale users like Con Ed offer to buy it, starting with the cheapest power.
Down the left side of the main building are stalls selling wholesale goods like toilet plungers and kitchen utensils, spices and nuts and piles of dried chilies in hessian sacks.
Companies that own the generators offer to supply electricity at a price that is usually based on the cost of production, and wholesale users like Northeast Utilities offer to buy it.
Right now, individual airline Web site and wholesale brokers like himself are where most existing fare sales can be found, said Mr. Parsons, who added that suddenly, many airlines are eager to do business.
But even as senior leaders speak of more openness, regulators recently published a rule that would restrict wholesale companies like Bharti Wal-Mart from earning more than 25 percent of their revenue from sales to affiliated "group companies" — a term that is not clearly defined in the rules.
