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| The __________________ involves determining the best methods and procedures to use so that prospective customers can locate, obtain, and use a business’s products and services. |
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| In a ___________, the producer sells the product to final consumers. |
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| An ____________ includes other businesses between the producer and the consumer. |
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| The __________ takes responsibility to identify channel members, assign distribution activities, help members agree on performance standards, and facilitate communication among channel members. |
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| _________ are companies that assist with distribution activities between businesses. |
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| ________________ are businesses that offer a variety of consumer products to members through a warehouse outlet. |
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| __________ accumulate the products their customers need by buying from manufacturers or wholesalers. |
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| _____________ is a loss of products due to theft, fraud, negligence, or error. |
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| Specialty or limited-line retailers |
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| ________________________ offer products from one category of merchandise or closely related items. |
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| Mixed merchandise retailers |
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| ___________________ offer products from several different categories. |
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| A final category is _____________, which have services as their primary offering with a limited number of products for sale that complement the services. |
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| _____________ involves selling directly to the consumer at home rather than requiring the consumer to travel to a store. |
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| __________ is a business relationship in which the developer of a business idea sells others the rights to the business idea and the use of the business name. |
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| ____________ are the elements of the shopping environment that are appealing to customers, attract them to a store, and encourage them to buy. |
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| Physical distribution (logistics) |
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| _______________ is the process of efficiently and effectively moving products and materials through the distribution channel. |
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| A __________ is a building designed to store large amounts of raw materials or finished products until they can be used or sold. |
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| A ______________ is a facility used to accumulate products from several sources and the regroup, repackage, and send them as quickly as possible to the locations where they will be used. |
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