Identify the type of retail selling in which goods are supplied to the customers without the help of middlemen and without customers undertaking journey to the retailer

(i) Identify the type of retail selling in which goods are supplied to the customers without the help of middlemen and without customers undertaking journey to the retailer.
(ii) Enlist any three merits of such retail business.

(i) This is mail order retailing, also known as shopping by post. . .
(ii) Mail order business offers following benefits:
1.Elimination of middlemen which results in lots of savings for both buyers and sellers.
2.It does not require heavy expenditure on building
and other infrastructure. Therefore, it can be started with limited capital.
3.Since the mail order business does not extend credit facilities to the customers, there are no risk of bad debts to them.