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Chapter 8
TABLE OF CONTENTS
• Summary
• Marketing Channels and Value Networks
• Value Networks
• The Role of Marketing Channels
• Channel-design Decisions
• Channel Management Decisions
• Channel Integration and Systems
• E-Commerce Marketing Practices
• Mobile Marketing Channels
• Conflict, Cooperation and Competition
SUMMARY
3
SUMMARY
• Most producers do not sell their goods directly to final users.
Between producers and final users stands one or more
marketing channels, a host of marketing intermediaries
performing a variety of functions.
• Marketing channel decisions are among the most critical
decisions facing management. The company’s chosen
channel(s) profoundly affect all other marketing decisions.
• Companies use intermediaries when they lack the financial
resources to carry out direct marketing, when direct
marketing is not feasible, and when they can earn more by
doing so.
• The most important functions performed by intermediaries
are information, promotion, negotiation, ordering, financing,
risk taking, physical possession, payment, and title.
SUMMARY
• Manufacturers have many alternatives for reaching a market.
They can sell direct or use one-, two-, or three-level channels.
Deciding which type(s) of channel to use calls for analyzing
customer needs, establishing channel objectives, and
identifying and evaluating the major alternatives, including
the types and numbers of intermediaries involved in the
channel.
• Effective channel management calls for selecting
intermediaries and training and motivating them. The goal is
to build a long-term partnership that will be profitable for all
channel members.
SUMMARY
• Marketing channels are characterized by continuous and
sometimes dramatic change. Three of the most important
trends are the growth of vertical marketing systems,
horizontal marketing systems, and multichannel marketing
systems.
• E-commerce has become firmly established as more
companies have adopted “brick-and-click” channel systems.
M-commerce (selling via smart phones and tablets) is also
gaining in importance. Some consumers engage in
showrooming by which they shop in stores to inspect products
but buy online later to seek a lower price.
• Channel integration must recognize the distinctive strengths
of online, offline, and mobile selling and maximize their joint
contributions
SUMMARY
• All marketing channels have the potential for conflict and
competition resulting from goal incompatibility, poorly
defined roles and rights, perceptual differences, and
interdependent relationships. Companies can try to manage
conflict through dual compensation, superordinate goals,
employee exchange, co-optation, and other means.
• Channel arrangements are up to the company, but certain
legal and ethical issues to be considered include exclusive
dealing or territories, tying agreements, and dealers’ rights.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
In this chapter we will address the following questions:
• What is a marketing channel system and value network?
• What work do marketing channels perform?
• How should channels be designed?
• What decisions do companies face in managing their
channels?
• How should companies integrate channels?
• What are the key channel issues in e-commerce?
• What are the key channel issues in m-commerce?
• How should companies manage channel conflict?
MARKETING CHANNELS AND VALUE
NETWORKS
Section 1
What is a Marketing Channel?
A marketing channel system is the particular set of
interdependent organizations involved in the process
of making a product or service available for use or
consumption.
INTERMEDIARIES
• Wholesalers and retailers
buy, take title to, and resell
the merchandise; they are
called merchants.
• Brokers, manufacturers’
representatives, sales
agent search for customers
and may negotiate on the
producer’s behalf but do
not take title to the goods;
they are called agents.
Wholesaler
Retailer
Brokers
Manufacturer’s
representative
Sales agent
INTERMEDIARIES
• Transportation companies,
independent warehouses,
banks, advertising agencies
assist in the distribution
process but neither take title
to goods nor negotiate
purchases or sales; they are
called facilitators.
Transportation
companies
Independent
warehouse
Banks
Advertising agencies
CHANNELS AND MARKETING DECISIONS
• uses the manufacturer’s sales
force, trade promotion money,
and other means to induce
intermediaries to carry, promote,
and sell the product to end users
A push
strategy
• uses advertising, promotion, and
other forms of communication to
persuade consumers to demand
the product from intermediaries
A pull
strategy
MULTICHANNEL MARKETING
Each channel can target a different segment
of buyers, or different need states for one
buyer, to deliver the right products in the
right places in the right way at the least cost
Channel conflict, excessive cost, or
insufficient demand can result from bad
channel decisions.
Research has shown that multichannel
customers can be more valuable to
marketers
• Using two or more marketing channels to reach customer segments in one
market area
INTEGRATING MULTICHANNEL
MARKETING SYSTEMS
• Companies are increasingly employing digital distribution strategies,
selling directly online to customers or through e-merchants who
have their own Web sites (omnichannel marketing multiple channels
work seamlessly together and match each target customer’s
preferred ways of doing business)
INTEGRATING MULTICHANNEL
MARKETING SYSTEMS
• An integrated marketing
channel system is one in
which the strategies and
tactics of selling through
one channel reflect the
strategies and tactics of
selling through one or
more other channels.
Increased market
coverage
Lower channel cost
Ability to do more
customized selling
INTEGRATING MULTICHANNEL
MARKETING SYSTEMS
• An integrated marketing
channel system is one in
which the strategies and
tactics of selling through
one channel reflect the
strategies and tactics of
selling through one or
more other channels.
New channels typically
introduce conflict and
problems with control and
cooperation
Companies should use
different sales channels for
different-sized business
customers
Multichannel marketers also
need to decide how much of
their product to offer in each
of the channels
MARKETING CHANNELS AND VALUE NETWORKS
VideoTime–“Omnichannel:Retail(R)evolution”
 “Today consumers are demanding.
They expect merchandise to be
available online, but also a trustful
and impeccable in-store service. To
remain competitive, businesses must
therefore act fast and smart”
 Killian Wagner, CEO of VIU, an
eyewear startup shaking up the Swiss
optical industry. Prior to VIU, he
worked 5 years as a strategy
consultant at McKinsey & Company,
leading projects in different industries
(Telecoms, Banking, Media,
Consumer Goods).
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
5SAtdSM0Trk
VALUE NETWORKS
Section 2
VALUE NETWORK
• Demand chain planning -
The company should first
think of the target market
and then design the supply
chain backward.
• The company can estimate
whether more money is made
upstream or downstream, in
case it can integrate backward
or forward
• The company is more aware of
disturbances anywhere in the
supply chain that might change
costs, prices, or supplies
VALUE NETWORK
• The company can be
viewed as at the center of
a value network. A system
of partnerships and
alliances that a firm creates
to source, augment, and
deliver its offerings
• Companies can go online
with their business partners
to speed communications,
transactions, and payments;
reduce costs; and increase
accuracy.
VALUE NETWORK
• Managing a value
network means making
increasing investments
in information
technology (IT) and
software.
• The Digital Channels
Revolution is
profoundly
transforming
distribution strategies.
Traditional brick-and-mortar channel
strategies are being modified or even
replaced
Online retail sales (or e-commerce)
have been growing at a double-digit
rate; apparel and accessories,
consumer electronics, and computer
hardware are the three fastest-growing
categories.
VALUE NETWORK
• Managing a value
network means making
increasing investments
in information
technology (IT) and
software.
• The Digital Channels
Revolution is
profoundly
transforming
distribution strategies.
Customers expect seamless channel
integration
Retailers and manufacturers are
assembling massive amounts of
social, mobile, and location
(SoMoLo) information they can mine
to learn about their customers
THE ROLE OF MARKETING CHANNELS
Section 3
THE ROLE OF MARKETING CHANNELS
• Producers delegate some of the selling job to intermediaries, to
whom its products are sold because through their contacts,
experience, specialization, and scale of operation, intermediaries
make goods widely available and accessible to target markets,
offering more effectiveness and efficiency than the selling firm could
achieve on its own.
CHANNEL FUNCTIONS AND FLOWS
•A marketing
channel performs
the work of
moving goods
from producers to
consumers
•It overcomes the
time, place, and
possession gaps
that separate
goods and
services from
those who need
or want them.
•They gather
information,
develop and
disseminate
communications,
negotiate, place
orders, get funds,
take on risk,
provide storage,
arrange financing,
and oversee
transfer of
ownership.
CHANNEL FUNCTIONS AND FLOWS
• Storage and
movement, title, and
communications
constitute a forward
flow of activity from
the company to the
customer
• Ordering and
payment constitute a
backward flow from
customers to the
company
CHANNEL FUNCTIONS AND FLOWS
• A manufacturer selling a
physical product and services
might require three channels:
• a sales channel
• a delivery channel
• a service channel
• The question for marketers is
not whether various channel
functions need to be
performed they must be but,
rather, who is to perform
them.
CHANNEL FUNCTIONS AND FLOWS
• All channel functions have
three characteristics in
common. They use up scarce
resources
They can often be
performed better
through specialization
They can be shifted
among channel
members
CHANNEL LEVELS
The producer and the final customer are part of
every channel.
A zero-level channel, also called a direct marketing
channel, consists of a manufacturer selling directly
to the final customer. (e.g., mail order,
telemarketing, manufacturer-owned stores)
A one-level channel contains one selling
intermediary, such as a retailer.
CHANNEL LEVELS
A two-level channel contains two intermediaries,
typically a wholesaler and a retailer, and a three-
level channel contains three
An industrial-goods manufacturer can use its
sales force to sell directly to industrial customers,
industrial distributors, manufacturer’s
representatives and own sales branches.
CHANNEL LEVELS
Channels describe as a forward movement of
products from source to user, but reverse-flow
channels are also important to reuse products or
containers to refurbish products for resale,
recycle products, dispose products and packaging.
Reverse-flow intermediaries include
manufacturers’ redemption centers, community
groups, trash-collection specialists, recycling
centers, trash-recycling brokers, and central
processing warehousing.
THE ROLE OF MARKETING CHANNELS
Costco - Questions
1. What is unique about Costco’s channel management
process? Which of its channel practices can other retailers
borrow or implement?
2. Where can Costco improve? Should it offer more products
or advertise more? Why or why not?
THE ROLE OF MARKETING CHANNELS
Costco - Answers
1. What is unique about Costco’s channel management process? Which of its
channel practices can other retailers borrow or implement?
Costco buys its merchandise directly from the manufacturer. Products are shipped
directly to Costco warehouses or to a depot, which reallocates the shipments to Costco
warehouses within 24 hours. This process eliminates several steps such as using a
distributor and other intermediaries, eliminating costs associated with storage,
additional freight, and handling. At the warehouse, shipments are often taken directly
to the floor, unwrapped, and left on the pallet, ready to sell. Most of the products sold
in Costco are staples but there are special items that are offered only temporarily—
“treasure hunt” items.
The average store is 143,000 square feet with floor plans designed to optimize selling
space, the handling of merchandise, and the control of inventory. Decor is simple:
concrete floors, barebones signage, and product displays that consist of pallets right off
the truck. Central skylights and day lighting controls monitor energy usage, and Costco
also saves by not supplying its own shopping bags. Instead, consumers use leftover
boxes and crates stacked near cash registers to carry home their purchases.
Costco accepts only debit cards, cash, checks, and American Express—no credit cards.
Costco’s success has come from focusing on a handful of business practices: sell a
limited number of items, keep costs down, rely on high volume, pay workers well,
require consumers to buy memberships, and target upscale consumers and business
owners.
THE ROLE OF MARKETING CHANNELS
Costco - Questions
2. Where can Costco improve? Should it offer more products or
advertise more? Why or why not?
• Student answers will vary but students should evaluate the success of
Costco to date in executing their marketing strategy—“to continually
provide our members with quality goods and services at the lowest
possible prices” with the challenges of diversification, merger, or
expansion that would inhibit their abilities to meet their promises.
CHANNEL-DESIGN DECISIONS
Section 4
CHANNEL-DESIGN DECISIONS
Analyze
customer
needs and
wants
• Consumers may choose the
channels they prefer based on
price, product assortment, and
convenience as well as their own
shopping goals (economic, social,
or experiential).
Analyze
customer
needs and
wants
• Channel segmentation exists, and
marketers must be aware that
different consumers have
different needs during the
purchase process
CHANNEL-DESIGN DECISIONS
Analyze
customer
needs and
wants
• Showrooming lets them
physically examine a product
and collect information in a
store but make their actual
purchase from the retailer later
online or, in the store’s least
desirable outcome, from a
different retailer altogether,
typically to secure a lower price
CHANNEL-DESIGN DECISIONS
• Channels serve five
service functions
Desired lot size
Waiting and delivery
time
Spatial convenience
Product variety
Service backup
ESTABLISHING OBJECTIVES AND CONSTRAINTS
Channel objectives vary
with product
characteristics.
Marketers must adapt their channel
objectives to the larger environment
In entering new markets, firms often closely
observe what other firms are doing
IDENTIFYING MAJOR CHANNEL ALTERNATIVES
• Each channel from sales
forces to agents, distributors,
dealers, direct mail,
telemarketing, and the
Internet has unique strengths
and weaknesses.
• Sales forces can handle complex
products and transactions, but
they are expensive.
• The Internet is inexpensive but
may not be as effective for
complex products.
IDENTIFYING MAJOR CHANNEL ALTERNATIVES
• Each channel from sales
forces to agents, distributors,
dealers, direct mail,
telemarketing, and the
Internet has unique strengths
and weaknesses.
• Distributors can create sales,
but the company loses direct
contact with customers
• Several clients can share the
cost of manufacturers’ reps, but
the selling effort is less intense
than company reps provide.
NUMBER OF INTERMEDIARIES
• Exclusive distribution severely
limits the number of
intermediaries Exclusive
distribution
Selective
distribution
Intensive
distribution
NUMBER OF INTERMEDIARIES
• Selective distribution relies on
only some of the
intermediaries willing to carry
a particular product.
Exclusive
distribution
Selective
distribution
Intensive
distribution
NUMBER OF INTERMEDIARIES
• Intensive distribution places
the goods or services in as
many outlets as possible. Exclusive
distribution
Selective
distribution
Intensive
distribution
CHANNEL-DESIGN DECISIONS
• Manufacturers are constantly tempted to move from exclusive or
selective distribution to more intensive distribution to increase
coverage and sales
• Each channel member must be treated respectfully and be given the
opportunity to be profitable
• The main elements in the “trade relations mix” are price policies,
conditions of sale, territorial rights, and specific services to be
performed by each party
EVALUATING MAJOR CHANNEL ALTERNATIVES
• Every channel member will
produce a different level of
sales and costs. Sellers try to
replace high-cost channels
with low-cost channels as
long as the value added per
sale is sufficient.
Economic
Criteria
Control and
Adaptive
Criteria
EVALUATING MAJOR CHANNEL ALTERNATIVES
• Using a sales agency can pose
a control problem. Agents
may concentrate on the
customers who buy the most,
not necessarily those who buy
the manufacturer’s goods.
Economic
Criteria
Control and
Adaptive
Criteria
CHANNEL MANAGEMENT DECISIONS
Section 5
CHANNEL MANAGEMENT DECISIONS
After a company has chosen
a channel system, it must
select, train, motivate, and
evaluate intermediaries for
each channel.
i. It must also modify channel
design and arrangements
over time, including the
possibility of expansion into
international markets.
ii. To customers, the channels
are the company
Selecting channel members
Training and motivating
channel members
Evaluating channel
members
Modifying channel members
CHANNEL MANAGEMENT DECISIONS
i. Carefully implemented
training, market research, and
other capability-building
programs can motivate and
improve intermediaries’
performance.
ii. The company must constantly
communicate that
intermediaries are crucial
partners in a joint effort to
satisfy end users of the product.
Selecting channel
members
Training channel
members
Evaluating channel
members
Modifying channel
members
CHANNEL MANAGEMENT DECISIONS
• Periodic evaluation of
intermediaries’ performance Selecting channel
members
Training channel
members
Evaluating channel
members
Modifying channel
members
CHANNEL MANAGEMENT DECISIONS
The optimal channel structure
will change over time.
i. A new firm typically starts as
a local operation selling in a
fairly circumscribed market,
using a few existing
intermediaries.
ii. If the firm is successful, it
might branch into new markets
with different channels.
iii. Early buyers might be willing
to pay for high-value-added
channels, but later buyers will
switch to lower-cost channels.
Selecting channel members
Training channel
members
Motivating channel
members
Evaluating channel
members
Modifying channel members
GLOBAL CHANNEL CONSIDERATIONS
• International markets pose distinct challenges, including
variations in customers’ shopping habits and the need to gain
social acceptance or legitimacy among others, but
opportunities do exist.
GLOBAL CHANNEL CONSIDERATIONS
Developing markets have become a target for many retailers.
1. India’s complex regulations, poor infrastructure, and
expensive real estate also make it a difficult market for retail
chains to enter.
2. China has similar logistical challenges, though a growing
middle class offers opportunity.
CHANNEL POWER
• A manufacturer threatens to
withdraw a resource or
terminate a relationship if
intermediaries fail to
cooperate.
Coercive
Reward
Legitimate
Expert
Referent
CHANNEL POWER
• The manufacturer offers
intermediaries an extra
benefit for performing
specific acts or functions.
Coercive
Reward
Legitimate
Expert
Referent
CHANNEL POWER
• The manufacturer requests a
behavior that is warranted
under the contract.
Coercive
Reward
Legitimate
Expert
Referent
CHANNEL POWER
• The manufacturer has special
knowledge the intermediaries
value.
Coercive
Reward
Legitimate
Expert
Referent
CHANNEL POWER
• The manufacturer is so highly
respected that intermediaries
are proud to be associated
with it.
Coercive
Reward
Legitimate
Expert
Referent
CHANNEL MANAGEMENT DECISIONS
VideoTime–“Theglobalbusinessnextdoor”
 “When you think “global company,”
what do you imagine? A massive
conglomerate? A far-reaching tech
corporation?”
 Scott Szwast, Vice President of
International Strategy at UPS. His past
UPS experience includes 10 years
working with an ocean freight line,
helping to import and export goods
and 15 years deep diving into
distribution, transportation,
technology, trade compliance, and
the countless other aspects of cross-
border trade.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
xtT3zLWmCHg
CHANNELINTEGRATIONAND SYSTEMS
Section 6
CHANNEL INTEGRATION AND SYSTEMS
• A conventional marketing
channel consists of an
independent producer,
wholesaler(s), and
retailer(s), each wanting to
maximize its own profits.
• A vertical marketing
system (VMS) includes the
producer, wholesaler(s),
and retailer(s) acting as a
unified system
Unified
system Producer
Wholesaler
Retailer
VERTICAL MARKETING SYSTEM
• Corporate Vertical Marketing System–
one member of the distribution
channel be it a producer, a wholesaler
or a retailer having all the elements of
production and distribution channel
under a single ownership.
• For example,: Amway is an American
cosmetic company, which
manufactures its own product range
and sell these products only through
its authorized Amway stores.
Vertical
Marketing
System
(VMS)
Corporate
VMS
Contractual
VMS
Administered
VMS
VERTICAL MARKETING SYSTEM
In Contractual VMS, every member
in the distribution channel works
independently and integrate their
activities on a Contractual Basis to
earn more profits that are earned
when working in isolation.
The most common form of
Contractual VMS is Franchising. In
franchising, the producer
authorizes the distributor to sell its
product under the producer’s name
against some annual license fee. For
example, Mc-Donalds, Dominos,
Pizza Hut, etc.
Vertical
Marketing
System
(VMS)
Corporate
VMS
Contractual
VMS
Administered
VMS
VERTICAL MARKETING SYSTEM
Under Administered VMS, there is no
contract between the members of
production & distribution channel but
powerful and influential member of the
channel dominate the activities of other
channel members. For example, Procter&
Gamble commands a high level of
cooperation from the retailers in terms of
display, shelf space, pricing policies, and
promotional schemes. Vertical
Marketing
System
(VMS)
Corporate
VMS
Contractual
VMS
Administered
VMS
HORIZONTAL MARKETING SYSTEMS
• Nike and Apple have entered
into a partnership, with the
intent to have a Nike footwear in
which the iPod can be connected
with these shoes that will play
music along with the display of
information about time, distance
covered, calories burned and
heart pace on the screen.
Two or more unrelated companies
put together resources or programs
to exploit an emerging marketing
opportunity.
Each company lacks the capital,
know-how, production, or marketing
resources to venture alone, or it is
afraid of the risk.
The companies might work together
on a temporary or permanent basis
or create a joint venture company.
E-COMMERCE MARKETING PRACTICES
Section 7
E-COMMERCE MARKETING PRACTICES
• E-Commerce uses a Web site
to transact or facilitate the
sale of products and services
online
Online retailers compete in
three key aspects of a
transaction:
• customer interaction with the
Web site,
• delivery, and
• ability to address problems
when they occur.
PURE-CLICK& BRICK-AND-CLICKCOMPANIES
• Pure click companies are the
companies with virtual presence
in the internet only.
• Search engines, , Internet service
providers , commerce sites
enabler sites , transaction sites
Amazon and Ebay
• “Bricks and clicks" refers to a
business that has a physical retail
location -- the bricks as well as an
online presence that generates
significant sales-the clicks.
• A bricks-and-clicks business
combines many of the
advantages of having a store that
customers can visit with selling
products and services over the
web.
E-COMMERCE SUCCESS
Customer service is critical
To improve conversion rates, firms should
make the Web site fast, simple, and easy to
use
To increase customer satisfaction of online
shopping experiences, some firms are
employing avatars, animated characters,
personal shopping assistants, Web site
guides, or conversation partners.
E-COMMERCE SUCCESS
• Business-to-business (B-to-B)
sites, which are changing the
supplier–customer relationship in
profound ways.
Firms are using B-to-B auction
sites, spot exchanges, online
product catalogs, barter sites,
and other online resources to
obtain better prices
The largest of the B-to-B
market makers is Alibaba has
faced decades of Communist
hostility to private enterprise
Effect of B-to-B mechanisms is
to make prices more
transparent.
E-COMMERCE MARKETING PRACTICES
Amazon.com- Questions
1. Why has Amazon.com succeeded online when so many
other companies have failed?
2. Will the Kindle revolutionize the book industry? Why or why
not?
3. What’s next for Amazon.com? Where else can it grow?
E-COMMERCE MARKETING PRACTICES
Amazon.com- Answers
1. Why has Amazon.com succeeded online when so many other
companies have failed?
• One key to Amazon.com’s success in all these different ventures is its
willingness to invest in the latest Internet technology to make shopping
online faster, easier, and more personally rewarding for its customers and
third-party merchants. Amazon.com has established itself as an electronic
marketplace by enabling merchants of all kinds to sell items on the site
useful information and more choices Amazon.com has diversified its
product lines into DVDs, music CDs, computer software, video games,
electronics, apparel, furniture, food, toys, and more Amazon.com
introduced Amazon MP3, which competes directly with Apple’s iTunes and
has participation from all the major music labels.
2. Will the Kindle revolutionize the book industry? Why or why not?
• Student’s answers will vary—Apple fans will disagree stating that the iPad
will overtake the Kindle in sales and usage in a few years. Traditionalists will
hold that the “paper” book still has a loyal following.
E-COMMERCE MARKETING PRACTICES
Amazon.com- Answers
3. What’s next for Amazon.com? Where else can it grow?
• Student answers will be mostly speculative in nature but one area that
could be addressed is the merger / assimilation of M-commerce,
Amazon.com, and E-commerce so that the consumer would be able to
“buy” whatever they’d like, whenever they’d like, from wherever they’re
at.
MOBILE MARKETING CHANNELS
Section 8
MOBILE MARKETING CHANNELS
• Mobile channels and media can keep consumers as connected and
interacting with a brand as they choose.
• M-commerce is very well established in some parts of the world.
• In the United States, mobile marketing is becoming more prevalent
and taking all forms.
CHANGES IN CUSTOMER AND COMPANY BEHAVIOR
• Consumers are fundamentally changing the way they shop in stores,
increasingly using a cell phone to text a friend or relative about a product
while shopping in stores.
• Companies are trying to give their customers more control over their
shopping experiences by bringing Web technologies into the store,
especially via mobile apps.
M-COMMERCE MARKETING PRACTICES
Understanding how consumers want to use their smart
phones is critical to understanding the role of advertising,
which should fit in a small space and avoid intrusions
Consumers often use their smart phones to find deals
or capitalize on promotions
Geofencing targets customers with a mobile promotion
when they are within a defined geographical space,
typically near or in a store.
PRIVACY
• The fact that a company can pinpoint a customer’s or employee’s location
with GPS technology raises privacy issues.
• Many consumers are happy to tolerate cookies, profiles, and other online
tools that let e-commerce businesses know who they are and when and
how they shop, but they are nevertheless concerned when such tracking
occurs in the store.
MOBILE MARKETING CHANNELS
VideoTime–“HowtobuildaBillionDollarapp?”
 “Apps have changed the way we
communicate, shop, play, interact
and travel and their phenomenal
popularity has presented possibly the
biggest business opportunity in
history”
 George Berkowski is an entrepreneur
who has built businesses in manned
space flight, online dating,
transportation and mobile apps. His
new venture is DeepAR.ai ~ a deep
learning AI startup that provides a
powerful SDK that allows any app or
website to incorporate Snapchat-like
masks, lenses, filters and special
effects in a matter of minutes.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
OwuEwhX1M_M
CONFLICT, COOPERATION AND COMPETITION
Section 9
CONFLICT, COOPERATION AND COMPETITION
• Channel conflict is generated
when one channel member’s
actions prevent another channel
from achieving its goal.
• Channel coordination occurs
when channel members are
brought together to advance the
goals of the channel instead of
their own potentially
incompatible goals
What types
of conflict
arise in
channels?
What causes
conflict?
What can
marketers do
to resolve it?
CONFLICT, COOPERATION AND COMPETITION
Types of Conflict and Competition:
• Horizontal (same level),
• Vertical (different levels),
• Multichannel (two or more
channels that sell to the same
market) conflict
Goal incompatibility
Unclear roles and rights
Differences in
perception
Intermediaries’
dependence on the
manufacturer.
MANAGING CHANNEL CONFLICT
Strategic justification
Dual compensation
Superordinate goals
Employee exchange
Joint memberships
Co-optation
Diplomacy, mediation, or
arbitration
Legal recourse
MANAGING CHANNEL CONFLICT
• Dilution and Cannibalization:
Marketers must be careful not to
dilute their brands through
inappropriate channels
• Legal and Ethical Issues in Channel
Relations: Companies are generally
free to develop whatever channel
arrangements suit them
Exclusive arrangements are legal
as long as they do not
substantially lessen competition
or tend to create a monopoly.
Exclusive dealing often includes
exclusive territorial agreements
If a producer tries to keep a
dealer from selling outside its
territory it can become a major
legal issue
Producers of a strong brand
sometimes sell it to dealers only
if they will take some or all of the
rest of the line.

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MKT Channel Decisions

  • 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS • Summary • Marketing Channels and Value Networks • Value Networks • The Role of Marketing Channels • Channel-design Decisions • Channel Management Decisions • Channel Integration and Systems • E-Commerce Marketing Practices • Mobile Marketing Channels • Conflict, Cooperation and Competition
  • 4. SUMMARY • Most producers do not sell their goods directly to final users. Between producers and final users stands one or more marketing channels, a host of marketing intermediaries performing a variety of functions. • Marketing channel decisions are among the most critical decisions facing management. The company’s chosen channel(s) profoundly affect all other marketing decisions. • Companies use intermediaries when they lack the financial resources to carry out direct marketing, when direct marketing is not feasible, and when they can earn more by doing so. • The most important functions performed by intermediaries are information, promotion, negotiation, ordering, financing, risk taking, physical possession, payment, and title.
  • 5. SUMMARY • Manufacturers have many alternatives for reaching a market. They can sell direct or use one-, two-, or three-level channels. Deciding which type(s) of channel to use calls for analyzing customer needs, establishing channel objectives, and identifying and evaluating the major alternatives, including the types and numbers of intermediaries involved in the channel. • Effective channel management calls for selecting intermediaries and training and motivating them. The goal is to build a long-term partnership that will be profitable for all channel members.
  • 6. SUMMARY • Marketing channels are characterized by continuous and sometimes dramatic change. Three of the most important trends are the growth of vertical marketing systems, horizontal marketing systems, and multichannel marketing systems. • E-commerce has become firmly established as more companies have adopted “brick-and-click” channel systems. M-commerce (selling via smart phones and tablets) is also gaining in importance. Some consumers engage in showrooming by which they shop in stores to inspect products but buy online later to seek a lower price. • Channel integration must recognize the distinctive strengths of online, offline, and mobile selling and maximize their joint contributions
  • 7. SUMMARY • All marketing channels have the potential for conflict and competition resulting from goal incompatibility, poorly defined roles and rights, perceptual differences, and interdependent relationships. Companies can try to manage conflict through dual compensation, superordinate goals, employee exchange, co-optation, and other means. • Channel arrangements are up to the company, but certain legal and ethical issues to be considered include exclusive dealing or territories, tying agreements, and dealers’ rights.
  • 8. LEARNING OBJECTIVES In this chapter we will address the following questions: • What is a marketing channel system and value network? • What work do marketing channels perform? • How should channels be designed? • What decisions do companies face in managing their channels? • How should companies integrate channels? • What are the key channel issues in e-commerce? • What are the key channel issues in m-commerce? • How should companies manage channel conflict?
  • 9. MARKETING CHANNELS AND VALUE NETWORKS Section 1
  • 10. What is a Marketing Channel? A marketing channel system is the particular set of interdependent organizations involved in the process of making a product or service available for use or consumption.
  • 11. INTERMEDIARIES • Wholesalers and retailers buy, take title to, and resell the merchandise; they are called merchants. • Brokers, manufacturers’ representatives, sales agent search for customers and may negotiate on the producer’s behalf but do not take title to the goods; they are called agents. Wholesaler Retailer Brokers Manufacturer’s representative Sales agent
  • 12. INTERMEDIARIES • Transportation companies, independent warehouses, banks, advertising agencies assist in the distribution process but neither take title to goods nor negotiate purchases or sales; they are called facilitators. Transportation companies Independent warehouse Banks Advertising agencies
  • 13. CHANNELS AND MARKETING DECISIONS • uses the manufacturer’s sales force, trade promotion money, and other means to induce intermediaries to carry, promote, and sell the product to end users A push strategy • uses advertising, promotion, and other forms of communication to persuade consumers to demand the product from intermediaries A pull strategy
  • 14. MULTICHANNEL MARKETING Each channel can target a different segment of buyers, or different need states for one buyer, to deliver the right products in the right places in the right way at the least cost Channel conflict, excessive cost, or insufficient demand can result from bad channel decisions. Research has shown that multichannel customers can be more valuable to marketers • Using two or more marketing channels to reach customer segments in one market area
  • 15. INTEGRATING MULTICHANNEL MARKETING SYSTEMS • Companies are increasingly employing digital distribution strategies, selling directly online to customers or through e-merchants who have their own Web sites (omnichannel marketing multiple channels work seamlessly together and match each target customer’s preferred ways of doing business)
  • 16. INTEGRATING MULTICHANNEL MARKETING SYSTEMS • An integrated marketing channel system is one in which the strategies and tactics of selling through one channel reflect the strategies and tactics of selling through one or more other channels. Increased market coverage Lower channel cost Ability to do more customized selling
  • 17. INTEGRATING MULTICHANNEL MARKETING SYSTEMS • An integrated marketing channel system is one in which the strategies and tactics of selling through one channel reflect the strategies and tactics of selling through one or more other channels. New channels typically introduce conflict and problems with control and cooperation Companies should use different sales channels for different-sized business customers Multichannel marketers also need to decide how much of their product to offer in each of the channels
  • 18. MARKETING CHANNELS AND VALUE NETWORKS VideoTime–“Omnichannel:Retail(R)evolution”  “Today consumers are demanding. They expect merchandise to be available online, but also a trustful and impeccable in-store service. To remain competitive, businesses must therefore act fast and smart”  Killian Wagner, CEO of VIU, an eyewear startup shaking up the Swiss optical industry. Prior to VIU, he worked 5 years as a strategy consultant at McKinsey & Company, leading projects in different industries (Telecoms, Banking, Media, Consumer Goods).  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= 5SAtdSM0Trk
  • 20. VALUE NETWORK • Demand chain planning - The company should first think of the target market and then design the supply chain backward. • The company can estimate whether more money is made upstream or downstream, in case it can integrate backward or forward • The company is more aware of disturbances anywhere in the supply chain that might change costs, prices, or supplies
  • 21. VALUE NETWORK • The company can be viewed as at the center of a value network. A system of partnerships and alliances that a firm creates to source, augment, and deliver its offerings • Companies can go online with their business partners to speed communications, transactions, and payments; reduce costs; and increase accuracy.
  • 22. VALUE NETWORK • Managing a value network means making increasing investments in information technology (IT) and software. • The Digital Channels Revolution is profoundly transforming distribution strategies. Traditional brick-and-mortar channel strategies are being modified or even replaced Online retail sales (or e-commerce) have been growing at a double-digit rate; apparel and accessories, consumer electronics, and computer hardware are the three fastest-growing categories.
  • 23. VALUE NETWORK • Managing a value network means making increasing investments in information technology (IT) and software. • The Digital Channels Revolution is profoundly transforming distribution strategies. Customers expect seamless channel integration Retailers and manufacturers are assembling massive amounts of social, mobile, and location (SoMoLo) information they can mine to learn about their customers
  • 24. THE ROLE OF MARKETING CHANNELS Section 3
  • 25. THE ROLE OF MARKETING CHANNELS • Producers delegate some of the selling job to intermediaries, to whom its products are sold because through their contacts, experience, specialization, and scale of operation, intermediaries make goods widely available and accessible to target markets, offering more effectiveness and efficiency than the selling firm could achieve on its own.
  • 26. CHANNEL FUNCTIONS AND FLOWS •A marketing channel performs the work of moving goods from producers to consumers •It overcomes the time, place, and possession gaps that separate goods and services from those who need or want them. •They gather information, develop and disseminate communications, negotiate, place orders, get funds, take on risk, provide storage, arrange financing, and oversee transfer of ownership.
  • 27. CHANNEL FUNCTIONS AND FLOWS • Storage and movement, title, and communications constitute a forward flow of activity from the company to the customer • Ordering and payment constitute a backward flow from customers to the company
  • 28. CHANNEL FUNCTIONS AND FLOWS • A manufacturer selling a physical product and services might require three channels: • a sales channel • a delivery channel • a service channel • The question for marketers is not whether various channel functions need to be performed they must be but, rather, who is to perform them.
  • 29. CHANNEL FUNCTIONS AND FLOWS • All channel functions have three characteristics in common. They use up scarce resources They can often be performed better through specialization They can be shifted among channel members
  • 30. CHANNEL LEVELS The producer and the final customer are part of every channel. A zero-level channel, also called a direct marketing channel, consists of a manufacturer selling directly to the final customer. (e.g., mail order, telemarketing, manufacturer-owned stores) A one-level channel contains one selling intermediary, such as a retailer.
  • 31. CHANNEL LEVELS A two-level channel contains two intermediaries, typically a wholesaler and a retailer, and a three- level channel contains three An industrial-goods manufacturer can use its sales force to sell directly to industrial customers, industrial distributors, manufacturer’s representatives and own sales branches.
  • 32. CHANNEL LEVELS Channels describe as a forward movement of products from source to user, but reverse-flow channels are also important to reuse products or containers to refurbish products for resale, recycle products, dispose products and packaging. Reverse-flow intermediaries include manufacturers’ redemption centers, community groups, trash-collection specialists, recycling centers, trash-recycling brokers, and central processing warehousing.
  • 33. THE ROLE OF MARKETING CHANNELS Costco - Questions 1. What is unique about Costco’s channel management process? Which of its channel practices can other retailers borrow or implement? 2. Where can Costco improve? Should it offer more products or advertise more? Why or why not?
  • 34. THE ROLE OF MARKETING CHANNELS Costco - Answers 1. What is unique about Costco’s channel management process? Which of its channel practices can other retailers borrow or implement? Costco buys its merchandise directly from the manufacturer. Products are shipped directly to Costco warehouses or to a depot, which reallocates the shipments to Costco warehouses within 24 hours. This process eliminates several steps such as using a distributor and other intermediaries, eliminating costs associated with storage, additional freight, and handling. At the warehouse, shipments are often taken directly to the floor, unwrapped, and left on the pallet, ready to sell. Most of the products sold in Costco are staples but there are special items that are offered only temporarily— “treasure hunt” items. The average store is 143,000 square feet with floor plans designed to optimize selling space, the handling of merchandise, and the control of inventory. Decor is simple: concrete floors, barebones signage, and product displays that consist of pallets right off the truck. Central skylights and day lighting controls monitor energy usage, and Costco also saves by not supplying its own shopping bags. Instead, consumers use leftover boxes and crates stacked near cash registers to carry home their purchases. Costco accepts only debit cards, cash, checks, and American Express—no credit cards. Costco’s success has come from focusing on a handful of business practices: sell a limited number of items, keep costs down, rely on high volume, pay workers well, require consumers to buy memberships, and target upscale consumers and business owners.
  • 35. THE ROLE OF MARKETING CHANNELS Costco - Questions 2. Where can Costco improve? Should it offer more products or advertise more? Why or why not? • Student answers will vary but students should evaluate the success of Costco to date in executing their marketing strategy—“to continually provide our members with quality goods and services at the lowest possible prices” with the challenges of diversification, merger, or expansion that would inhibit their abilities to meet their promises.
  • 37. CHANNEL-DESIGN DECISIONS Analyze customer needs and wants • Consumers may choose the channels they prefer based on price, product assortment, and convenience as well as their own shopping goals (economic, social, or experiential). Analyze customer needs and wants • Channel segmentation exists, and marketers must be aware that different consumers have different needs during the purchase process
  • 38. CHANNEL-DESIGN DECISIONS Analyze customer needs and wants • Showrooming lets them physically examine a product and collect information in a store but make their actual purchase from the retailer later online or, in the store’s least desirable outcome, from a different retailer altogether, typically to secure a lower price
  • 39. CHANNEL-DESIGN DECISIONS • Channels serve five service functions Desired lot size Waiting and delivery time Spatial convenience Product variety Service backup
  • 40. ESTABLISHING OBJECTIVES AND CONSTRAINTS Channel objectives vary with product characteristics. Marketers must adapt their channel objectives to the larger environment In entering new markets, firms often closely observe what other firms are doing
  • 41. IDENTIFYING MAJOR CHANNEL ALTERNATIVES • Each channel from sales forces to agents, distributors, dealers, direct mail, telemarketing, and the Internet has unique strengths and weaknesses. • Sales forces can handle complex products and transactions, but they are expensive. • The Internet is inexpensive but may not be as effective for complex products.
  • 42. IDENTIFYING MAJOR CHANNEL ALTERNATIVES • Each channel from sales forces to agents, distributors, dealers, direct mail, telemarketing, and the Internet has unique strengths and weaknesses. • Distributors can create sales, but the company loses direct contact with customers • Several clients can share the cost of manufacturers’ reps, but the selling effort is less intense than company reps provide.
  • 43. NUMBER OF INTERMEDIARIES • Exclusive distribution severely limits the number of intermediaries Exclusive distribution Selective distribution Intensive distribution
  • 44. NUMBER OF INTERMEDIARIES • Selective distribution relies on only some of the intermediaries willing to carry a particular product. Exclusive distribution Selective distribution Intensive distribution
  • 45. NUMBER OF INTERMEDIARIES • Intensive distribution places the goods or services in as many outlets as possible. Exclusive distribution Selective distribution Intensive distribution
  • 46. CHANNEL-DESIGN DECISIONS • Manufacturers are constantly tempted to move from exclusive or selective distribution to more intensive distribution to increase coverage and sales • Each channel member must be treated respectfully and be given the opportunity to be profitable • The main elements in the “trade relations mix” are price policies, conditions of sale, territorial rights, and specific services to be performed by each party
  • 47. EVALUATING MAJOR CHANNEL ALTERNATIVES • Every channel member will produce a different level of sales and costs. Sellers try to replace high-cost channels with low-cost channels as long as the value added per sale is sufficient. Economic Criteria Control and Adaptive Criteria
  • 48. EVALUATING MAJOR CHANNEL ALTERNATIVES • Using a sales agency can pose a control problem. Agents may concentrate on the customers who buy the most, not necessarily those who buy the manufacturer’s goods. Economic Criteria Control and Adaptive Criteria
  • 50. CHANNEL MANAGEMENT DECISIONS After a company has chosen a channel system, it must select, train, motivate, and evaluate intermediaries for each channel. i. It must also modify channel design and arrangements over time, including the possibility of expansion into international markets. ii. To customers, the channels are the company Selecting channel members Training and motivating channel members Evaluating channel members Modifying channel members
  • 51. CHANNEL MANAGEMENT DECISIONS i. Carefully implemented training, market research, and other capability-building programs can motivate and improve intermediaries’ performance. ii. The company must constantly communicate that intermediaries are crucial partners in a joint effort to satisfy end users of the product. Selecting channel members Training channel members Evaluating channel members Modifying channel members
  • 52. CHANNEL MANAGEMENT DECISIONS • Periodic evaluation of intermediaries’ performance Selecting channel members Training channel members Evaluating channel members Modifying channel members
  • 53. CHANNEL MANAGEMENT DECISIONS The optimal channel structure will change over time. i. A new firm typically starts as a local operation selling in a fairly circumscribed market, using a few existing intermediaries. ii. If the firm is successful, it might branch into new markets with different channels. iii. Early buyers might be willing to pay for high-value-added channels, but later buyers will switch to lower-cost channels. Selecting channel members Training channel members Motivating channel members Evaluating channel members Modifying channel members
  • 54. GLOBAL CHANNEL CONSIDERATIONS • International markets pose distinct challenges, including variations in customers’ shopping habits and the need to gain social acceptance or legitimacy among others, but opportunities do exist.
  • 55. GLOBAL CHANNEL CONSIDERATIONS Developing markets have become a target for many retailers. 1. India’s complex regulations, poor infrastructure, and expensive real estate also make it a difficult market for retail chains to enter. 2. China has similar logistical challenges, though a growing middle class offers opportunity.
  • 56. CHANNEL POWER • A manufacturer threatens to withdraw a resource or terminate a relationship if intermediaries fail to cooperate. Coercive Reward Legitimate Expert Referent
  • 57. CHANNEL POWER • The manufacturer offers intermediaries an extra benefit for performing specific acts or functions. Coercive Reward Legitimate Expert Referent
  • 58. CHANNEL POWER • The manufacturer requests a behavior that is warranted under the contract. Coercive Reward Legitimate Expert Referent
  • 59. CHANNEL POWER • The manufacturer has special knowledge the intermediaries value. Coercive Reward Legitimate Expert Referent
  • 60. CHANNEL POWER • The manufacturer is so highly respected that intermediaries are proud to be associated with it. Coercive Reward Legitimate Expert Referent
  • 61. CHANNEL MANAGEMENT DECISIONS VideoTime–“Theglobalbusinessnextdoor”  “When you think “global company,” what do you imagine? A massive conglomerate? A far-reaching tech corporation?”  Scott Szwast, Vice President of International Strategy at UPS. His past UPS experience includes 10 years working with an ocean freight line, helping to import and export goods and 15 years deep diving into distribution, transportation, technology, trade compliance, and the countless other aspects of cross- border trade.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= xtT3zLWmCHg
  • 63. CHANNEL INTEGRATION AND SYSTEMS • A conventional marketing channel consists of an independent producer, wholesaler(s), and retailer(s), each wanting to maximize its own profits. • A vertical marketing system (VMS) includes the producer, wholesaler(s), and retailer(s) acting as a unified system Unified system Producer Wholesaler Retailer
  • 64. VERTICAL MARKETING SYSTEM • Corporate Vertical Marketing System– one member of the distribution channel be it a producer, a wholesaler or a retailer having all the elements of production and distribution channel under a single ownership. • For example,: Amway is an American cosmetic company, which manufactures its own product range and sell these products only through its authorized Amway stores. Vertical Marketing System (VMS) Corporate VMS Contractual VMS Administered VMS
  • 65. VERTICAL MARKETING SYSTEM In Contractual VMS, every member in the distribution channel works independently and integrate their activities on a Contractual Basis to earn more profits that are earned when working in isolation. The most common form of Contractual VMS is Franchising. In franchising, the producer authorizes the distributor to sell its product under the producer’s name against some annual license fee. For example, Mc-Donalds, Dominos, Pizza Hut, etc. Vertical Marketing System (VMS) Corporate VMS Contractual VMS Administered VMS
  • 66. VERTICAL MARKETING SYSTEM Under Administered VMS, there is no contract between the members of production & distribution channel but powerful and influential member of the channel dominate the activities of other channel members. For example, Procter& Gamble commands a high level of cooperation from the retailers in terms of display, shelf space, pricing policies, and promotional schemes. Vertical Marketing System (VMS) Corporate VMS Contractual VMS Administered VMS
  • 67. HORIZONTAL MARKETING SYSTEMS • Nike and Apple have entered into a partnership, with the intent to have a Nike footwear in which the iPod can be connected with these shoes that will play music along with the display of information about time, distance covered, calories burned and heart pace on the screen. Two or more unrelated companies put together resources or programs to exploit an emerging marketing opportunity. Each company lacks the capital, know-how, production, or marketing resources to venture alone, or it is afraid of the risk. The companies might work together on a temporary or permanent basis or create a joint venture company.
  • 69. E-COMMERCE MARKETING PRACTICES • E-Commerce uses a Web site to transact or facilitate the sale of products and services online Online retailers compete in three key aspects of a transaction: • customer interaction with the Web site, • delivery, and • ability to address problems when they occur.
  • 70. PURE-CLICK& BRICK-AND-CLICKCOMPANIES • Pure click companies are the companies with virtual presence in the internet only. • Search engines, , Internet service providers , commerce sites enabler sites , transaction sites Amazon and Ebay • “Bricks and clicks" refers to a business that has a physical retail location -- the bricks as well as an online presence that generates significant sales-the clicks. • A bricks-and-clicks business combines many of the advantages of having a store that customers can visit with selling products and services over the web.
  • 71. E-COMMERCE SUCCESS Customer service is critical To improve conversion rates, firms should make the Web site fast, simple, and easy to use To increase customer satisfaction of online shopping experiences, some firms are employing avatars, animated characters, personal shopping assistants, Web site guides, or conversation partners.
  • 72. E-COMMERCE SUCCESS • Business-to-business (B-to-B) sites, which are changing the supplier–customer relationship in profound ways. Firms are using B-to-B auction sites, spot exchanges, online product catalogs, barter sites, and other online resources to obtain better prices The largest of the B-to-B market makers is Alibaba has faced decades of Communist hostility to private enterprise Effect of B-to-B mechanisms is to make prices more transparent.
  • 73. E-COMMERCE MARKETING PRACTICES Amazon.com- Questions 1. Why has Amazon.com succeeded online when so many other companies have failed? 2. Will the Kindle revolutionize the book industry? Why or why not? 3. What’s next for Amazon.com? Where else can it grow?
  • 74. E-COMMERCE MARKETING PRACTICES Amazon.com- Answers 1. Why has Amazon.com succeeded online when so many other companies have failed? • One key to Amazon.com’s success in all these different ventures is its willingness to invest in the latest Internet technology to make shopping online faster, easier, and more personally rewarding for its customers and third-party merchants. Amazon.com has established itself as an electronic marketplace by enabling merchants of all kinds to sell items on the site useful information and more choices Amazon.com has diversified its product lines into DVDs, music CDs, computer software, video games, electronics, apparel, furniture, food, toys, and more Amazon.com introduced Amazon MP3, which competes directly with Apple’s iTunes and has participation from all the major music labels. 2. Will the Kindle revolutionize the book industry? Why or why not? • Student’s answers will vary—Apple fans will disagree stating that the iPad will overtake the Kindle in sales and usage in a few years. Traditionalists will hold that the “paper” book still has a loyal following.
  • 75. E-COMMERCE MARKETING PRACTICES Amazon.com- Answers 3. What’s next for Amazon.com? Where else can it grow? • Student answers will be mostly speculative in nature but one area that could be addressed is the merger / assimilation of M-commerce, Amazon.com, and E-commerce so that the consumer would be able to “buy” whatever they’d like, whenever they’d like, from wherever they’re at.
  • 77. MOBILE MARKETING CHANNELS • Mobile channels and media can keep consumers as connected and interacting with a brand as they choose. • M-commerce is very well established in some parts of the world. • In the United States, mobile marketing is becoming more prevalent and taking all forms.
  • 78. CHANGES IN CUSTOMER AND COMPANY BEHAVIOR • Consumers are fundamentally changing the way they shop in stores, increasingly using a cell phone to text a friend or relative about a product while shopping in stores. • Companies are trying to give their customers more control over their shopping experiences by bringing Web technologies into the store, especially via mobile apps.
  • 79. M-COMMERCE MARKETING PRACTICES Understanding how consumers want to use their smart phones is critical to understanding the role of advertising, which should fit in a small space and avoid intrusions Consumers often use their smart phones to find deals or capitalize on promotions Geofencing targets customers with a mobile promotion when they are within a defined geographical space, typically near or in a store.
  • 80. PRIVACY • The fact that a company can pinpoint a customer’s or employee’s location with GPS technology raises privacy issues. • Many consumers are happy to tolerate cookies, profiles, and other online tools that let e-commerce businesses know who they are and when and how they shop, but they are nevertheless concerned when such tracking occurs in the store.
  • 81. MOBILE MARKETING CHANNELS VideoTime–“HowtobuildaBillionDollarapp?”  “Apps have changed the way we communicate, shop, play, interact and travel and their phenomenal popularity has presented possibly the biggest business opportunity in history”  George Berkowski is an entrepreneur who has built businesses in manned space flight, online dating, transportation and mobile apps. His new venture is DeepAR.ai ~ a deep learning AI startup that provides a powerful SDK that allows any app or website to incorporate Snapchat-like masks, lenses, filters and special effects in a matter of minutes.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= OwuEwhX1M_M
  • 82. CONFLICT, COOPERATION AND COMPETITION Section 9
  • 83. CONFLICT, COOPERATION AND COMPETITION • Channel conflict is generated when one channel member’s actions prevent another channel from achieving its goal. • Channel coordination occurs when channel members are brought together to advance the goals of the channel instead of their own potentially incompatible goals What types of conflict arise in channels? What causes conflict? What can marketers do to resolve it?
  • 84. CONFLICT, COOPERATION AND COMPETITION Types of Conflict and Competition: • Horizontal (same level), • Vertical (different levels), • Multichannel (two or more channels that sell to the same market) conflict Goal incompatibility Unclear roles and rights Differences in perception Intermediaries’ dependence on the manufacturer.
  • 85. MANAGING CHANNEL CONFLICT Strategic justification Dual compensation Superordinate goals Employee exchange Joint memberships Co-optation Diplomacy, mediation, or arbitration Legal recourse
  • 86. MANAGING CHANNEL CONFLICT • Dilution and Cannibalization: Marketers must be careful not to dilute their brands through inappropriate channels • Legal and Ethical Issues in Channel Relations: Companies are generally free to develop whatever channel arrangements suit them Exclusive arrangements are legal as long as they do not substantially lessen competition or tend to create a monopoly. Exclusive dealing often includes exclusive territorial agreements If a producer tries to keep a dealer from selling outside its territory it can become a major legal issue Producers of a strong brand sometimes sell it to dealers only if they will take some or all of the rest of the line.