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Ch15:Marketing
Question | Answer |
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Define: Marketing Channel | individuals and firms involved in the process of making a product or service available for use or consumption by consumers or industrial users |
What are the Three Principles of a Marketing Channel? | 1. Reducing Transactions 2. Principle of Proximity 3. Principle of Massed Reserves |
What are the functions created by intermediaries? | 1. Transactional Functions 2. Logistical Functions 3. Facilitating Functions |
What is Transactional Functions? | Buying, selling, risk taking |
What is Logistical Function? | Assorting (creating product assortments from several sources to customer) Storing: assembling and protecting products Sorting: purchasing in large quantities and breaking to smaller amounts Transporting: physically moving products to consumers |
What is Facilitating Function? | Financing: extending credit to customers Grading: inspecting, testing, or judging products and assigning quality grades Marketing info & research |
How is value created? | Through the four utilities: Time- having product when you want it Place- having a product where you want it Form- enhancing a product to make it more appealing Posession: effforts made by intermediaries to help buyers take posession of a product |
List the different forms of intermediaries? | Middleman Agent/Broker Wholesaler Retailer Distributor Dealer |
What are the considerations needed to select a channel member? | 1. Target Market Coverage 2. Satisfying Buyer Requirements 3. Profitability |
What is Target Market Coverage? | requires attention to density- the number of stores ina geographic area- and the type of intermediaries used |
What is the first degress of Target Market Coverage? | Intensive: firm tries to place its products in as many outlets as possible, usually chosen for convenience products or services |
What is the second degree of TMC? | Exclusive: extreme opposite of intensive, only one retailer in a specified geographical area carries the firm's products (for specialty products) |
What is the third degree of TMC? | Selective: firm selects few retailers ina specified geographical area; gets market coverage benefits and control over reslae |
What is Satisfying Buyer Requirements? | Gaining access to channels/intermediaries that satify at least ofthe buyer's interests that they might want fulfilled when buying the firm's products/services |
What is the first category of interest ing SBR? | Information: important requirement when buyers have limited knowledge or desire specific data about a product/service |
What is the 2nd category of interest in SBR? | Convenience: proximity/driving time to retail outlet, minimum time and hassle, easy to navigate, 8 second rule |
What is the 3rd category of interest in SBR? | Variety: buyers' interest in having numerous competing and complementary items to choose from enhances attractiveness of retail outlet to buyers |
What is the 4th category of interest in SBR? | Pre- or Post-sale Services: requirement for products such as large househole appliances that require delivery, installation, and credit |
What is Profitability? | the margins earned (revenue- cost) for each channel member and for the channel as a whole, channel cost is the critical dimension |
What is Dual Distribution? | When a firm reaches different buyers by employing two or more types of channels for the same basic product EX: GE sells large appliances directly to home builders, but uses retail stores like Lowes to sell to consumers |
What is Veritcal Marketing Systems? | professionally managed and centrally coordinated marketing channels designed to achieve channel economies and maximum marketing impact |
What are the three types of VMS? | 1. Corporate Systems 2. Contractual Systems 3. Administered Systems |
What are Corporate Systems? | the combination of successive stages of production and distribution under a single ownership |
What is Forward Integration? | when the company might own the intermediary at the next level down in the channel EX: Ralph Lauren manufactures clothing but owns apparel shops |
What is Backward Integration? | retailer might own a manufacturing operation |
What are Contractual Systems? | independent production and distribution firms integrate their efforts on a contractual basis to obtain greater functional economies and marketing impact than they could alone |
What are the three popular Contractual Systems? | 1. Wholesaler-sponsored voluntary chains 2. Retail-sponsored cooperatives 3. Franchising |
What is a wholesaler sponsored voluntary chain? | when a wholesaler develops a contractual relationship with small, independent retailers to standardize and coordinate buying practices, merchandisng programs, and inventory management efforts |
Retail-sponsored Coop? | small, independent retailers form an organization that operates a wholesale facility cooperatively |
Franchising? | a contractual arrangement between a parent company and an individual that allows the franchisee to operate a certain type of business under an established name |
What are Administered Systems? | achieve coordination at successive stages of production and distribution by the size and influence of one channel member Ex: Wal-Mart |
What is Channel Conflict? | arises when one channel member believes another channel member is engaged in a behavior that prevents it from achieving its goals |
What are the two types of Channel Conflict? | Vertical Conflict: occur between different levels in the marketing channel EX: manufacturer and wholesaler Horizontal Conflict: occurs between intermediaries at the same level in a marketing channel EX: Target and Kmart |
How is Channel Conflict Reduced? | Use of a channel captain: to coordinate, direct, and support other channel members |
Who monitors channel practices? | The Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department |
What is the Clayton Act? | Prohibits: -Exclusive dealing -Tying arrangments -Refusal to seal with existing channel members |
What is exclusive dealing? | a supplier requires a channel member to only sell its products or restricts distributors from selling directly competitive products |
What are tying arrangements? | when a supplier requires a distributor buying some products to buy others from the supplier |
What is the Sherman Act (1890)? | Resale restrictions: suppliers attempt to stipulate to whom distributors may resell the suppliers products |
How can Dual Distribution be viewed as illegal? | It can be anticompettiive- commonly arises when a manufacturer distributes through its wn vertically integrated channel in competetion with indpendent retailers that also sell its products |
How can Vertical Integration be illegal? | Under Clayton Act if the practice has the potential to lessen competition or foster monopoly |
Broker (def) | Independent firms or individuals whose principle function is to bring buyers and sellers together to make sales |
Channel Partnership | consists of agreements and procedures among channel members for odering and physically distribution a producer's products through the channel members for odering and physically distributing a producer's products through the channel to the ultimate consume |
Disintermediation | when a channel member bypassses another member and sells or buys products directly |
Full Service Merchandise Wholesalers | 1. General Merchandise Wholesalers 2. Specialty Merchandise Wholesalers |
Limited Service Merchant Wholesalers | 1. Rack Jobbers 2. Cash and Carry 3. Drop Shippers 4. Truck Jobbers |
Rack Jobbers | furnish the racks or shelves that display merchandise in retail stores, sell on consignment to retailers (bills retailers for the merchandise sold) |
Cash and Carry | take title to merchandise but sell only to buyers who call on them, pay cash, and find own transportation |
Drop Shippers | wholesalers that own the merchandise they sell but do not phsycially handle, stock, or deliver it |
Truck Jobbers | small wholesalers with small warehouses which they stock their trucks for distribution to retailers |