Foundations of Business - Standalone book (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781285193946
Author: William M. Pride, Robert J. Hughes, Jack R. Kapoor
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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To determine: The conditions in which the costs will decrease and increase if a middleman is removed from a
Introduction: Marketing channel is also called as distribution channel alludes to an arrangement of authoritative bodies, disconnected from the maker, that are associated with delivering the finished product to the consumer.
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