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In some examples, local inhabitants can use a trading post to exchange local products for goods they wished to acquire. [1] A trading post can be either a single building or an entire town. [2] Trading posts have been established in a range of areas, including relatively remote ones, but most often near the ocean, a river, or another natural ...
Previously, the Philippines was seen as a trading post for international trade but in the nineteenth century it was developed both as a source of raw materials and as a market for manufactured goods. The economy of the Philippines rose rapidly and its local industries developed to satisfy the rising demands of an industrializing Europe.
Hudson's Bay Company trading posts (4 C, 248 P) T. Trading posts in India (3 P) Trading posts of the Hanseatic League (1 C, 30 P) U. Trading posts in the United ...
Wagwagan in Baguio. An ukay-ukay (Tagalog pronunciation: [ˌʔuːkaɪ.ˈʔuːkaɪ] oo-ky-OO-ky), or wagwagan (Ilocano pronunciation: [wɐgˈwaːgɐn] wəg-WAH-gən) is a Philippine store where a mix of secondhand and surplus items such as clothes, bags, shoes and other accessories are sold at a more affordable price.
It acts as an electronic trading platform for the Philippine peso and the United States Dollars. [2] In this capacity, PDEx provides a centralized & efficient infrastructure for trading securities which ensures price discovery, transparency, and investor protection. In July 2006, SEC formally recognized PDEx as a Self-Regulatory Organization ...
Haat Bazaar (Bengali: হাটবাজার) is an open-air market [1] that serves as a trading venue for local people in rural areas and towns mainly in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and India. [2] Haat bazaars are conducted on a regular basis, usually once, twice or thrice a week, and in some places once every fortnight.
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The "factories" were not workshops or manufacturing centres but the offices, trading posts, and warehouses of foreign factors, [1] mercantile fiduciaries who bought and sold goods on consignment for their principals. The word derives from "feitoria" which means trading post in Portuguese (the first westerners to engage in trade with China).