Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Corporate VMN:
Production & distribution under single ownership...
Intermediaries Eg.
What is Place/
Channel
Marketing
channel/
W6. Behaviour &
Contractual VMN:
Channel
Functions of marketing
channel members:
Distribution PLACE Organisations
Vertical marketing
network (VMN):
Consists of independent firms at different
channel? levels of production & distribution...
Information A unified network Most common form: ............
Promotion Eg.
Contact The Nature of
Matching Marketing
Negotiation Administered VMN
Channels and
Physical distribution Has a few dominant channel members without
value creation
Financing Channel common ownership. Leadership comes form
Risk taking Organization/ size & power...
Distribution Eg.
Systems
Types of distribution channels
(of different lengths): Marketing Channel
1. Analysing consumer needs
Direct marketing channel: 0 intermediary Design Horizontal marketing network:
Indirect marketing channel: >1
4. Evaluating those alternatives More than 2 companies at one level join together to follow
intermediaries
a new marketing opportunity...
2. Setting channel objectives Eg.