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Welcome!

Distribution and Retailing

Dr. Satyendra Singh

Professor, Marketing & International Business

University of Winnipeg, CANADA

sites.google.com/view/drsatsingh

s.singh@uwinnipeg.ca

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Moving product from producer to consumer – not easy

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depends on product characteristics, coverage, cost…

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We need intermediaries — link

Transactional: buying, selling, risk-taking…

Logistics: assorting (from different sources), storing, sorting…

Facilitating: financing, grading (quality control), market Information…

Level of Service: self, limited, full service…

Mark up? Whole Pricing? Retail pricing?

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Store and Non-Store Retailing (channel)

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Independent

Corporate chain

Franchise

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Channel Conflict: Horizontal and Vertical

Channel Cooperation: Forward and Backward

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Retail Mix:

Objective?

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Retail Strategy — Positioning Matrix

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Questions?�s.singh@uwinnipeg.ca

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