Sunday, April 19, 2009

Chapter 12: 3.1

Likely marketing channel structure for the following products:

  • Candy bar: wholesaler channel
  • Tupperware: agent/broker channel in the industrial model (if a Tupperware party is involved!)
  • Non-fiction book: wholesaler
  • New car: agent/broker channel or retailer
  • Farmer's market produce: direct channel
  • Stereo equipment: retailer

Alternative strategies:

  • Candy bar: if sold by a kid making money for school, this would follow the model of the Tupperware party above
  • Tupperware: wholesaler, if inexpensive units were distributed in bulk to a retailer direct from the company
  • Non-fiction book: if self-published, through a direct channel
  • New car: I've heard of newly purchased cars being resold on ebay through a direct channel model!
  • Farmer's market produce: some farmer's markets follow the business/industrial model of an industrial distributor
  • Stereo equipment: if purchased by a wholesaler and resold on the internet, could follow wholesaler model

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