MKTG (with MindTap Marketing, 1 term (6 months) Printed Access Card) (MindTap Course List)
MKTG (with MindTap Marketing, 1 term (6 months) Printed Access Card) (MindTap Course List)
12th Edition
ISBN: 9781337407588
Author: Charles W. Lamb, Joe F. Hair, Carl McDaniel
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 17, Problem 1LO
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To discuss: The sales environment.

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Sales environment:

Sales person can be business focused (selling the goods to other firms) or customer focused (in case of retail). There will be constant change in the sales environment as new competitors enter and old competitors leave the market. The ways that the consumers interact with the salespeople and learn regarding the products and suppliers are changing because of the huge increase in sales advanced technology. They must be very effective at customer relationship management, personal selling, and sales management, and technology as all of these plays the major role in developing a long-term relationship with consumers.

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