InterContinental Hardware Co. buys carload quantities of bolts, screws, nuts, washers, and other hardware from a large producer in the Netherlands, breaks these shipments into smaller quantities, and sells them to other wholesalers and retail chains. This "regrouping activity" is called:
A) assorting.
B) wholesaling.
C) accumulating.
D) bulk-breaking.
E) sorting.

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The described activity of buying carload quantities of hardware and breaking them into smaller quantities for resale is known as bulk-breaking.