Direct selling is the marketing and selling of products directly to consumers away from a fixed retail location. Peddling is the oldest form of direct selling. Modern direct selling includes sales made through the party plan‚ one-on-one demonstrations‚ and other personal contact arrangements as well as internet sales. A textbook definition is: "The direct personal presentation‚ demonstration‚ and sale of products and services to consumers‚ usually in their homes or at their jobs." Advantages/Benefits
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PMBA Response to “The Case of the Unidentified Industries – 2006” INTRODUCTION: “The Case of the Unidentified Industries” challenges the reader to match 14 firms operating in 14 different industries with 14 sets of financial data from the year ending in 2005. This section aims to enlighten the reader about the methodology used to derive the responses shown in the subsequent section. First‚ the industries are placed in one of the following groups: service industry‚ manufacturing‚ and retail
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Banking and Payments Research Shows an Industry Struggling with Change Banking and Payments Research Digest H1 2014 finds that the banking and payments markets are struggling to deal with the after effects of the downturn and the disruptive effects of technology. Recent research in the banking sector shows European banks are still recovering from the financial downturn‚ threatened by shadow banks and Fintechs‚ and attempting to redefine the role of the branch. The cards and payments market is a
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An Overview of the Canadian Financial-Services Sector: Banking Industry What is a financial intermediary? A financial intermediary is an organization that raises money from investors and provides financing for individuals‚ companies and other organizations. Intermediaries are a stop on the road between savings and real investment. Mutual funds and pension funds are two important classes of intermediaries. A financial institution usually suggests a more complicated intermediary doing more than
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CASE –STUDIES- FOREIGN TRADE A Case Study of Foreign Direct Investment in Central America. The attraction of foreign direct investment (FDI) constitutes a fundamental element to support strategies that aim to achieve sustained economic growth in developing countries. This is because globalization and the attendant opening of the economies to competition require increased financial resources and technology‚ which would be impossible to obtain under a policy of autarky.1 Though relatively well-established
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erosion in market shares. Because of globalization‚ internationalization‚ technical innovations‚ law deregulations‚ and market saturation‚ the current situation of the banking industry is changing. The intensity of competition increases due to new products and services as well as the entrance of competitors from other industries‚ such as the so-called non- and near-banks. Even more‚ the continuously growing educational standard as well as better opportunities to gather information induce enormous
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HBS - The Case of the Unidentified Industries -2006 With The Case of Unidentified Industries‚ William E. Fruhan Jr. wants us to visualize the balance sheets belonging to fourteen unknown companies and connect them with the suitable industries. In order to determine which balance sheets belong to which industry‚ we studied several companies in those industries. Using a number of different sources such as Yahoo Finance‚ Google Finance‚ Wikipedia and Investopedia‚ we were able to the link the unidentified
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(Consolidating the Nigerian Banking Industry to meet the development challenges of the 21st century).....[more] The case for Mergers and Acquisition in the Banking Sector in Nigeria Introduction The law on company mergers and acquisition is codified in the Nigeria Companies and Allied Matters Act of 1990. Like many sophisticated laws in Nigeria‚ the law on company mergers and acquisition has been largely untouched by the judiciary. There are very few decided cases in this area of the Nigerian
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Is Corporate Social Responsibility just ‘market-‐ ing’ or does it fulfill an important role in improv-‐ ing the world? Tizian Kronsbein Naumannstraße 68 10829 Berlin tizian.kronsbein@gmail.com Matr.-‐Nr.: 344504 TABLE OF
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Yahoo!: Consumer Direct Case Study Michelle Bennett QNT/565 September 2‚ 2013 Norma Antunano Yahoo!: Consumer Direct Case Study Two years ago or so Yahoo developed a methodology to evaluate the effectiveness of banner ads through the process. This would be from the initial exposure to the ad to the shopping cart. This methodology is called Consumer Direct. Research Design for Consumer Direct The research design for Consumer Direct was to partner with ACNielson to use their sample
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