Distribution channels understanding and managing channels to market /

Explores the way in which a business can make money from its distribution activities through an understanding of all the different business models - and explains why business models are so important. Also provides key information about all of the partners involved in the distribution chains, includi...

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Main Author: Dent, Julian, 1957-
Corporate Author: Gale Group.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: London, U.K. : Kogan Page, c2008.
Series:Gale virtual reference library
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Online Access:Available for Universiti Teknologi MARA via Gale Virtual Reference Library. Click here to access
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500 # # |a Includes index. 
505 0 # |a Introduction -- Why business models matter -- The role of the distributor -- How the distributor business model works -- Margins and profitability -- Working capital -- Productivity -- Sustainability -- Managing growth -- How to sell to distributors -- The roles of the final-tier trade channel players -- How the business model of the final-tier trade channel players works -- Sales and utilization -- Gross margin and recoverability -- Working capital management -- Value creation and growth -- How to sell to final-tier trade channel players -- The role of retailers -- How the retail business model works -- The measures that matter and how to manage with them -- How to sell to retailers. 
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533 # # |a Electronic reproduction.  |b Farmington Hills, Mi :  |c Gale.  |n Available via World Wide Web. 
534 # # |e xii, 322 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.  |p Original: 
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650 # 0 |a Business planning. 
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