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Distribution and Selling #2

Published on March 19, 2009 By

This article is bundled from previous Distribution and Selling article. Pre-selling, and the directness of communication between manufacturer and consumer, has certainly changed the traditional role of the retailer, and indeed of the wholesaler too, in a great number of products. This process is still incomplete, and great changes are still taking places, but one [...]

Distribution and Selling #1

Published on March 15, 2009 By

Distribution is the industry that provides the purchasing points, and a proportion of service, for products to meet consumer desires; selling is the means whereby manufacturers ensure that the products are stocked in all the appropriate outlets, or sold direct, depending on marketing requirement. Distribution is most frequently described in terms of the grocery, toiletry, [...]