Even a simple retail business, like a fruit and vegetable store, requires a clear strategy in order to be successful. This is actually becoming a greater challenge, given the expanded product offering of the major supermarket chains (who offer their own fruit and vegetable sections).
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This activity outlines two situations in regards to the potential impact on the firm’s positioning due to their distribution channel selection. Your task in this activity is to answer the assessment questions at the end regarding each situation.
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Increasing Sales of Jeans
The manufacturer of a well-known brand of … Continue reading...
Due to the growth in franchising over recent years, many people have been attracted to this particular form of business ownership. The following is a conversation between two brothers who are planning to buy into a retail franchise system. But their problem is that they cannot decide ‘when’ to buy … Continue reading...
Many franchise systems tend to be retail-based. While franchises typically have a greater success rate than new independent businesses, there are some types of retailers that seem to be more suited to franchising than others. In this activity, you need to determine whether a fast-food store/restaurant or a convenience store … Continue reading...
In this activity, you need to determine whether a new furniture manufacturer should set up its own sales team or utilize an established company of sales agents (as briefly outlined below). To help you determine the most appropriate option, a number of consideration questions have been provided for you.
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A common cliché is ‘let’s cut out the middle man’. Removing the middle-man (a wholesaler) from the channel will provide a higher per unit margin for a manufacturer, but will it result in a higher profit overall? For this activity, help the following manufacturer decide whether or not they should … Continue reading...
This activity highlights several common channel conflict situations, across three different industries. For each situation, your task is to determine how you could minimize the level of conflict.
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Chemists (drug stores) and Supermarkets
Pharmaceutical (drug/medicine) companies make a broad range of products. Some must be sold via chemists/pharmacies (such … Continue reading...
When a firm utilizes multiple channels, it is likely that channel conflict will occur from time to time. The following situation is based upon a real business situation. What would you do in this situation?
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Pop-mints are a fairly successful brand of breath fresheners. Their main competitor is Tic … Continue reading...
It was only about 20 years ago that most banks typically only used one distribution channel (their branches). However, since that time they have dramatically expanded the number of channels that they use. Below is a list of common distribution channels for a bank. Your task is to identify the … Continue reading...
This activity provides a hypothetical channel selection decision for the Pizza Galore chain. Assuming that Pizza Galore wanted to introduce a mini breakfast pizza (say with bacon and eggs), then which would be the best way for them to distribute it? Why would this be the best option?
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Wal-Mart is the largest retailer in the world. It is around three times larger than the world’s second largest retailer. Many years ago, Wal-Mart embarked on an ambitious program of modifying its logistics system. This is briefly described below. For this activity, your task is to determine which parts of … Continue reading...
Coca-Cola is a product/brand that has been around for well over 100 years. Today it is widely available and is acknowledged as the most valuable brand in the world. In this task you simply need to determine (from the information provided); which one of the 4P’s is the most important … Continue reading...
