IV. REFLECTION
1. Choose one of the distribution channels below (wholesaling,
retailing, franchising, direct selling, online, home delivery)
and state why you choose it.
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2. Give at least three distribution system that you think is easy
to apply in the market today, as a student, and state briefly
why.
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b. ____________________________________________________
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c. ____________________________________________________
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3. Site a business/online business and diagnose the
distribution channels that it using. Use extra sheet of papers
for your answer.
1. Choose one of the distribution channels below (wholesaling,
retailing, franchising, direct selling, online, home delivery)
and state why you choose it.
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
2. Give at least three distribution system that you think is easy
to apply in the market today, as a student, and state briefly
why.
a. ____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
b. ____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
c. ____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
3. Site a business/online business and diagnose the
distribution channels that it using. Use extra sheet of papers
for your answer.
Answers & Comments
Answer:
What Is a Distribution Channel?
A distribution channel is a chain of businesses or intermediaries through which a good or service passes until it reaches the final buyer or the end consumer. Distribution channels can include wholesalers, retailers, distributors, and even the internet.
Distribution channels are part of the downstream process, answering the question "How do we get our product to the consumer?" This is in contrast to the upstream process, also known as the supply chain, which answers the question "Who are our suppliers?
KEY TAKEAWAYS;
•A distribution channel represents a chain of businesses or intermediaries through which the final buyer purchases a good or service.
•Distribution channels include wholesalers, retailers, distributors, and the Internet.
•In a direct distribution channel, the manufacturer sells directly to the consumer. Indirect channels involve multiple intermediaries before the product ends up in the hands of the consumer.
1. Where your merchandise came from?
2. What are the advantages and disadvantages?
3. How do you distribute your merchandise?
4. Do you have a plan to change your distribution channel?