February 2025

Commerce Notes: The Grain Marketing Board

By |2025-02-12T09:24:51+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Commerce Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Commerce Notes: Wholesale Trade:The Grain Marketing Board

  • It buys and sells grain from farmers
  • It sells grain to consumers, millers and importers
  • It stores grain in its silos
  • It evens out the supply of grain
  • Prevents shortages of grain
  • Controls the price of grain
  • Collects grain from farmers
  • Controls the price of grain
  • Collects grain from […]
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Commerce: Management Functions: Coordinating

By |2025-02-12T09:26:45+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Commerce Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Commerce Notes: Management Functions: Coordinating

  • In our introduction to management, we defined what management is
  • In general terms, management is the work of doing work through others
  • We also mentioned the fact that management can be defined in terms of its functions/duties that a manager is expected to carry out
  • In that regard […]
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Trade and Cash discounts

By |2025-02-12T09:29:01+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Commerce Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Image credit seawaytrail.com Image credit seawaytrail.com ZIMSEC O Level Commerce Notes: Retail Trade: Trade and Cash discounts

Trade discount

  • a gross deduction from the gross invoice or catalog price
  • given by one trader to another
  • varies with the quantity and type of goods purchased and is deducted at the point of sale
  • usually the rate […]
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Persuasive Advertising

By |2025-02-12T08:58:05+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Commerce Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Persuasive Advertisement. Image credit McDonalds. Persuasive Advertisement. Image credit McDonalds. ZIMSEC O Level Commerce Notes: Advertising: Persuasive Advertising

Persuasive/Competitive advertising

  • These are undertaken by individual businesses for the main purpose of promoting its own products using its brand names at the expense of other manufacturers producing similar products with different brand names.
  • Producers will […]
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Factors which affect the mode of transport

By |2025-02-12T09:16:31+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Commerce Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Transport|

A goods truck. Image credit continental-truck-tires.com A goods truck. Image credit continental-truck-tires.com ZIMSEC O Level Commerce Notes: Transport: Factors which affect the mode of transport

Factors which determine the mode of transport to carry goods

  • The nature of the goods:
  • For example perishable goods such as bread and meat needs fast transport e.g. […]
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Importance of statistics to insurance

By |2025-02-12T08:58:26+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Commerce Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Image credit dhariya.com Image credit dhariya.com ZIMSEC O Level Commerce Notes: Insurance: Importance of statistics to insurance

Importance of statistical records in insurance.

  • Actuaries make extensive use of statistics in insurance
  • Insurance contracts are based on the statistics.
  • Risk is asses to determine whether:
  • It can be accepted or not.
  • Help in determining a fair premium.
  • At […]
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Functions of wholesalers: To producers and manufactures

By |2025-02-12T09:14:16+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Commerce Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Wholesale shop. Image credit stocktraque.com Wholesale shop. Image credit stocktraque.com ZIMSEC O Level Commerce Notes: Wholesale Trade: Functions of wholesalers: To producers and manufactures

To the producers/manufacturers

  • The wholesaler:
  • Collects orders from numerous retailers.
  • Provides manufacturers with market information on consumer want and competitor activities.
  • Stores finished products.
  • Clears manufacturer’s production lines thus allowing manufacturers and […]
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