Distribution Channels of Philips Domestic Appliances and Personal Care Products in Chinese Economic Transition -- A Case Study Don Y. Leea ‚ Gangling Chaob and Weiling Yec aHong Kong Polytechnic University‚ Hong Kong b‚cShanghai University of Finance and Economic‚ China Address for Correspondence: Don Y. Lee PhD Associate Professor of Marketing Department of Business Studie Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hung Hom‚ Kowloon Hong Kong Special Administrative Region China Telephone: 852-2766-7119 Facsimile:
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12 Distribution Channels and Logistics Management 12.1 The nature of distribution channels Why are marketing intermediaries used? Why use intermediaries? Means giving up some control over how and to whom products are sold – They are used because they have greater efficiency in making goods available to target markets – Contacts‚ experience‚ specialization‚ scale of operation – N-to-M direct selling‚ N-to-1 + 1-to-M through channel – Producers make narrow assortments in large quantities
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distribution - channel strategy The following table describes the factors that influence the choice of distribution channel by a business: Influence | Comments | Market factors | An important market factor is "buyer behaviour"; how do buyer’s want to purchase the product? Do they prefer to buy from retailers‚ locally‚ via mail order or perhaps over the Internet? Another important factor is buyer needs for product information‚ installation and servicing. Which channels are best served to provide
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Marketing Manager 1. What kind of a bulk breaking strategy is followed by Sony to reduce the cost to the end user? 3 2. What type of channel intensity is followed by Sony? 2. 3. What kind of strategy if followed by Sony in case immediate unforeseen delivery of products is required? 4 4. Sony prefers direct dealing and distribution to its customers or through dealers? 1. 5. Which is the most important parameter for Sony out of the following? 5 a.Reduced Waiting time
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WHAT IS DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL ? According to Kotler (1991: 279) distribution channel is a group company or individual who has ownership of the products or rights of ownership to help move the product or service when it is moved from producer to consumer. According to David revzan.. pathway used by the flow of goods from producers to intermediate goods and eventually into the hands of end users Manajemen distribusi berbasis teori dan praktek “david sukardi kodrat” 3. factor of distribution channels
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Apple Distribution and Channel Management : Describe the channel strategy in place‚ give your opinion about its effiency and describe how to could be in the 10 coming years. The company Apple sells lots of technologic and innovative goods and services‚ like the famous iPhone‚ iPod or Macintosh. The success of this firm is due to the innovation‚ an excellent communication‚ design‚ the ease use‚ and in other hand due to the adapted channel distribution strategy. As we can see‚ Apple Products aren’t
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Physical Distribution Management Part of logistics management‚ physical distribution is concerned with the transporting of merchandise‚ raw materials‚ or by-products‚ such as hazardous waste‚ from the source to the customer. A manager of physical distribution must also assess and control the cost of transporting these goods and materials‚ as well as to determine the most efficient way to store them‚ which usually involves some form of warehousing. Hence‚ physical distribution (PD) is concerned with inventory
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Spain Distribution channels A. Distributing a product * Evolution of the sector The distribution market in Spain is very focussed and specialized.. In 2005‚ the turnover from retail trade increased to 194 billion Euros which was an increase of 5.6% compared to 2004. Some Autonomous Communities impose restrictions for the establishment of superstores and shopping centers. * Market shares Distribution in Spain is still characterized by a large number of retailers and traditional stores
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Industry Overview Indian luggage industry The luggage industry in India is currently undergoing consolidation. Competition in the sector is expected to intensify with the entry of foreign players like Delsey of France and many other Chinese players. The luggage market comprises three segments viz.‚ the premium segment‚ regular segment‚ and standard or economy segment. According to a Datamonitor report‚ “Luggage and leather goods sales via key retail formats in India to 2013”‚ luggage and leather
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collected in class. Students would be called out randomly from each group to present their analysis. In case of a dismal performance of any group member‚ the marks of the whole group will be at stake!) 1. The marketing channel for Mary Kay Cosmetics is called a “direct selling” channel. The company uses a sales force of over 1‚000‚000 Independent Beauty Consultants around the world. These Consultants are not employees of Mary Kay Corporation; they buy cosmetics from the company at a wholesale price
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