Budget Analyst

This paper is intended to shine a light onto distribution channels, both direct and indirect, as well as, provide a better understanding of channel levels. It will also deal with the different channel organizations, including conventional, horizontal, vertical and multichannel marketing systems.

As mentioned in an earlier assignment, there are three main types of distribution channels. The first is the channel that goes from the producer, then to the wholesaler, then to the retailer or sells to the consumer. The second channel starts with the producer who sells straight to the retailer, who then sells to the consumer. The third channel goes directly from the producer to the consumer. Channels one and two are classed as indirect marketing channels, whereas channel three is a direct marketing channel as it goes straight from producer to consumer.

With every market-entry strategy there are always going pros and cons. First, with exporting, varies companies, from small to

This has proved to be a very successful tactic for companies in marketing. Marketing channels are also used by companies to reach their consumers. They use three types of marketing channels which are communications, distribution and service channels. Communications is important to get the company's message out to the public and this could be in many forms such as the radio, television, the internet, posters and the like. They also need to distribute their products to the consumer and this means they will need a physical location like a store, or be a wholesaler and have others retail your products for you and also sell your products on the internet. Service channels are needed to effect transactions with the consumers and these could be banks for credit card purchases and transportation companies such as UPS to deliver the products to homes and businesses.

Marketing channels are very important to both the manufacturer and the consumer. These channels are the way the manufacture releases their product to the consumer for purchasing. Manufactures can choose either a direct channel which is the means of selling customers or accepting orders from them. A sales force calls on customers and prospects to present information on products and persuade them to place orders. Retailer channel is the channel that manufacturers sell their goods directly to large retailers such as Amazon which then sell onto the final consumers. wholesaler channel typically buys and stores large quantities of several producers’ goods and then

What is the thing that drives each of us? Survival. No matter where you are or where you work, survival is the very livelihood that drives people to want to succeed. People want to take a look at how they can be successful and move up in the world. Now while promotions and an increased income are key to building one’s personal wealth, another factor that can derail a successful person is how they handle their finances. If you are unable to control what you are spending and weigh yourself down in debt, it becomes impossible to begin to build personal wealth. Reflecting on my own budget, the diagnosis of income versus expenses identified some key areas where improvement can occur and serves as an example for others to

The development of the Internet and more specifically the business website has seen brand recognition by consumers escalate to never before seen heights. Because of this brand recognition, it has become important for businesses to design their websites to reflect their overall marketing strategies. This is especially important in the retail world. All retail businesses have a similar overall marketing strategy of generating sales and retaining the customer for future sales. Most of the retail giants still greatly rely on the success of their brick and mortar stores to turn a profit. However, internet sales for these brick and mortar stores have increasingly risen over the last few years to compete with the retail stores like Amazon that are strictly internet based businesses. Brick and mortar retail stores, such as Walmart, Target, Kmart, and Nordstrom, have each designed their websites to reflect the overall retail marketing strategy as well as the individual marketing strategies that have made their brick and mortar businesses successful.

Have you ever been stuck during Christmas time without any gifts to give to your friends and family? Choosing what to buy for your loved ones on a special holiday is pretty tough when your on a budget. There are several easy steps or ways to pick good presents for your friends and family, no matter how much you can or can't spend.

Creating a budget is relatively simple, but sticking to one is a much more arduous task. There is a great deal of self-discipline that goes into solidifying a concrete spending plan.Unfortunately, not all possess this trait, and there are many reasons a budget may not be working the way it was intended to.

In this paper we explore budgets in depth, the tools that help you make a comprehensive or a specialized budget and why these may be necessary.

Department stores Targets, Kohls, and Kmart provides the consumer with a large selection of merchandise for all ages and genders these stores use a multichannel strategy which describes how these corporations incorporate their business’s offline and online channels, this technique is also known as brick and mortar (Brown, DeHayes, Hoffer, Martin, & Perkins, 2012). The marketing scheme is to let the customer decide how they want to make a purchase a product through the store, the website which provides more information about the products, a call can be placed to a customer service representative or forms that are included in catalogs can be filled out and mailed into the store. Online shopping allows for comparison shopping to see which store

I am the budget relation officer and responsible for implementing a number of programmes in rural areas under the Ministry of Rural and Regional Development and State Governments including, rural infrastructure, poverty reduction, employment generation, provision of basic minimum services etc. The important programmes presently being implemented under my purview are as follows:

According to Turban and King (2003), internet technology renders retailers an additional channel for branding, transactions and customer relationship management, the adaptation of which may drive down retailers’ transaction costs, and ensuring faster and higher quality of customer interactions, resulting in enlarging the existing markets and consumer base. M&S realizes this and have tried to sell clothing via high street stores as well as via internet though they have experienced cost cutting, rationalisation and management changes in order to revive their business in recent years. Internet technology might enable sustainable competitive advantage, but problems remain on how to physically organize their online retail operations.

Many long term businesses are faced with extinction these days. One of the major reasons that some of these businesses are failing is due to little or no internet presence. People are relying more and more on the internet to make their purchases as a more convenient model of shopping which can save time, and often money as well, in the search for their preferred item. A business looking to remain competitive and relevant in today's market will need to integrate internet sales into their current business model. Spear-heading this change can be a daunting task without a clear way to implement the change. This paper will discuss two change models to assist in the process of making the transitional change for both short term and long term success.

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