Training Manual . The manual contains original material that includes both the basic concepts of commercial activity and a description of specific methods of organizing the commercial activity of enterprises, as well as modern data reflecting the prospects for the development of commerce. The technologies of wholesale and retail trade are described in sufficient detail, in particular, the organization of the technological process in stores, commodity warehouses .. The structure of the manual provides a strict and logical sequence of all the main questions that a specialist in commerce should know. The presented material fully complies with the requirements of educational programs for training specialists in the field of commerce, commodity science, management, entrepreneurship . Availability , the relevance of the material presented and its maximum informativeness make the manual useful to students and teachers of educational institutions , Professionals in Business, Beginners and business leaders , as well as all those interested in the problems of modern commerce.