Purveyor

Purveyor [pɚˈveɪ.ɚ] - while it basically means a supplier, it carries a lot more flavor depending on how you use it:

• Business: It implies luxury and curation. You aren’t a purveyor of paperclips; you’re a purveyor of fine coffees.
• History: It referred to official merchants appointed to supply royal households.
• Conversation: It’s used for people who spread abstract ideas—both good (purveyor of hope) and bad (purveyor of gossip).

Synonyms

• For business: Vendor, Merchant, Supplier, Provisioner, Couturier
• For ideas/gossip: Disseminator, Spreader, Peddler, Messenger