Principles of Marketing CHAPTER 8: MARKETING CHANNELS CHAPTER 8: MARKETING CHANNELS Its Nature & Functions * Marketing channels are conduits used by the firm to distribute its products. * Marketing channels are human creations and they may be designed and structured to serve the needs of the user. * A marketing channel may be defined as a set of interdependent organization and individuals that facilitate the movement and transfer Functions of the Marketing Channels 1
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DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS Distribution Channels and Their Impact on Marketing Strategies Name: Institution: DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS Abstract This paper discusses the importance of choosing appropriate channel members and also identifies and discusses criteria that should be used by the car compact disc player manufacturer when evaluating potential intermediaries for the firm’s distribution channel. This is important for this firm since it’s only through these marketing channels that their product
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Page 29 – Question 1 a. The Independent Beauty Consultant participate in the eight universal marketing flows by: 1. Independent Beauty Consultant should have the Physical possession to be able to start her business in the right track to be in touch with all the company channels. 2. Independent Beauty Consultant will have the Ownership of all the products that they are using in there business by buying them as a whole sale from the distributor so‚ that all the products are available for
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logistics when dealing with downstream channel members. Therefore increasing their rewards for doing business with the supplier and becoming difficult to imitate. In turn‚ channel members make markets and are the faces of their producer to those markets. Question 4: "We should not deal with powerful suppliers. They are sure to abuse us‚ after they use us". Debate this statement‚ often heard in the meeting rooms of distributors and sales agents. As the usual channel conflict is a zero sum game where
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[pic] “Consumer Behavior & Shopper Marketing In FMCG Post Financial Crisis” Submitted To The Department Of Marketing In Partial Fulfillment Of The Requirements For The Degree Of Masters in Business Administration (Marketing) At the Lebanese University Debate Committee C.P.G : Dr Mohamed Jebaii Supervisor: Dr Amal El-Kurdi Co-supervisor: Dr. Abdl Hasan Haidar Academic year 2008-2009 Dedication This thesis is dedicated to my father‚ who taught me that the best kind of
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Intercontinental University Unit 3 Individual Project MKTG 205 – Principles of Marketing June 29‚ 2011 Abstract This paper gives an overview of distribution channels; Channel Levels such as: Direct vs. Indirect Channel Organizations such as Conventional Vertical‚ Horizontal and Multichannel Marketing Systems. It also‚ explains my target market needs at the Hershey Company. There is also a brief description of how many channel members the company needs and why they need them. Hershey Company Introduction
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Companies use marketing channels. A marketing channel is related with the ways the services and the products are distributed. Concept of channels in marketing can be applied as promotional channels which include direct marketing or the indirect marketing and the distribution channels. Both of the concepts are very important and there are various reasons because of which the companies have to focus in the selection of these channels. For example‚ distribution channels increases the convenience
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International Marketing Channels True / False Questions 1. The distribution process includes promotion of goods and services by sellers and resellers. True False 2. The behavior of channel members in the distribution process is the result of the interactions between the cultural environment and the marketing process. True False 3. In an import-oriented distribution structure‚ supply often exceeds demand. True False 4. Traditional channels in developing
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choosing distribution channels. Keegan and Schlegelmich (2001) explained that distribution channel can be considered as the method which is used for enterprises putting products into the market for consumers to use. The traditional distribution channel goes from supplier‚ manufacturer‚ distributor‚ wholesaler and retailer (Frazier‚ 1999). Indirect and direct are two different types of distribution channels (Wilkinson‚ 2001). According to Silva (2008)‚ “Well-chosen channels constitute a significant
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Channel levels Most businesses use third parties or intermediaries to bring their products to market. They try to forge a "distribution channel" which can be defined as "all the organisations through which a product must pass between its point of production and consumption" Why does a business give the job of selling its products to intermediaries? After all‚ using intermediaries means giving up some control over how products are sold and who they are sold to. The answer lies in efficiency of
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