MARKETING LOOSELEAF W/CONNECT
MARKETING LOOSELEAF W/CONNECT
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Author: Grewal
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Chapter 17, Problem 1MA
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To discuss: Whether company R pursues an exclusive, selective, or intensive distribution intensity strategy and the changes that person X could recommend to the strategy.

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Company R utilizes a selective distribution strategy. The selective distribution lies among the exclusive and intensive distribution strategies, the firms that involves in selective distribution utilizes few chosen customers in a territory.

An intensive distribution strategy will denote that company R sells through all the vendor, whereas if company R had an exclusive distribution strategy, then it will sell only at 1 or 2 stores in geographic place.

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