Relationships Between Selected Environmental Factors and Selected Aspects of Wholesaler Structure in Nigeria

This study examines the relationship between selected environmental factors and selected structural variables of wholesalers in the Nigerian petroleum products industry. Cross-sectional survey research was employed to obtain primary data related to environmental factors including economic, technological, and socio-cultural and structural factors including the size, assortment structure, and market coverage of wholesalers of petroleum products. Canonical correlation analysis was the principal statistical technique employed to assess relationship between constructs. The results indicate economic, technological, and socio-cultural factors are related in varying degrees to the structure of petroleum products wholesalers in Nigeria.