Producer

1. Economics - markets.

A producer is a market participant that creates - or grows - goods or services for sale to other market participants.

Some producers are active in wholesale markets.

Contrasted with a consumer.

2. Entertainment industries.

In the entertainment sector, a producer is an individual responsible for the financial and management aspects of a film or stage performance.

See also

• Consumer
• Demand
• Economics
• Economy
• Efficient market
• Factors of production
• Firm
• Household
• Market
• Market mechanism
• Market participant
• Produced capital
• Producer Price Index
• Production
• Retail
• Services Producer Price Index
• Supply
• Wholesale