The potential of retail intermediaries for performing distribution tasks:

All of the following are true about ecosystems EXCEPT

Shortening the channel will __________ the amount of capital necessary for distribution.

During recessionary periods, channel members at the wholesale and retail levels are likely to:

A successful SWOT-driven strategic planning should offer insights on how ________ can be converted into strengths with strategic investment. 

The most fundamental distribution decision of all for any firm or organization to consider is the role:

In order to get retailers to display its product, a manufacturer has to have its salespeople go to the retailers’ stores, set up the displays, and instruct them in how to utilize the displays. In this example:

Heuristics that relate particular variables with possible channel structures should be viewed as:

As a general rule, the greater the intensity of distribution:

In the context of the management perspective used in the text, it is appropriate to view final users as: