Jaffar (jeff) tabrizi is the owner and president of tabrizi oriental rugs located in toronto, canada. he personally shops the world over, handpicks and orders authentic and beautiful handmade rugs, which he has shipped to canada, where he sells them through his brick-and-mortar stores and through his website. in terms of the marketing channel, jeff is acting as
a. consumer
b. agent
c. wholesaler
d. brokerage firm
e. middleman

e. middleman

Explanation:

A middle man is an intermediary between manufacturer and end user .Here Jeff act as an middle man between Tabizi Orintal Rugs and end user both in case of online shopping (www.tabrizi.com) and offline shopping .

i guess you could put raise the economic balance

the first successful, urban blues recording, selling more than 75,000 copies, was made in year 1920.

mamie smith recorded the first commercially successful example of the urban blues,   with the recording of “crazy blues”."crazy blues" was recorded on august 10, 1920, in new york city. within a month of the release of “crazy blues” it had sold 75,000 copies.