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Inventory management at store level for large distributors

For many years IBM has been conducting a long-range investigation into the future of retail data processing. It was and still is our aim to design methods and techniques which will allow an automatic replenishment of the items carried in department...

Catalogue: Seminar 1969: The Role Of Market Research In The Distribution Of Consumer Goods

Author: H.J. Gehrig

November 1, 1969

Interrelationship between the market segments and the buyer behaviour

An inductive approach is presented in this paper. This approach involves the following stages: The detailed discussion of a study which attempted to identify different market segments to which four separate retail establishments have been catering;...

Catalogue: Seminar 1969: The Role Of Market Research In The Distribution Of Consumer Goods

Author: Coskun Samli

November 1, 1969

Cooperation between manufacturers and distributors in order to increase sales efficiency

The retail trade is the final and important stage in industrial marketing. If the manufacturer's marketing activities are to give a maximum dividend distribution must function effectively. A retailer's interest in taking part in a certain...

Catalogue: Seminar 1969: The Role Of Market Research In The Distribution Of Consumer Goods

Author: Folke Larsson

November 1, 1969

The importance of achieving adequate distribution when launching a new product

Lack of distribution can be a major cause of new product failure. But, what constitutes "adequate" distribution, and how should the manufacturer set about obtaining it. This is the subject of this paper presented in three closely-linked sections : 1....

Catalogue: Seminar 1969: The Role Of Market Research In The Distribution Of Consumer Goods

Authors: Johan Aucamp, B. Madell

November 1, 1969

Distribution of a British national daily newspaper

We are accustomed to think of a newspaper as a medium of advertising. We sometimes forget that a daily newspaper is a commodity in itself and as one of the most perishable of consumer goods it presents some very special problems. It is manufactured...

Catalogue: Seminar 1969: The Role Of Market Research In The Distribution Of Consumer Goods

Authors: J. A. Farmer, N. L. Webb

November 1, 1969

How marketing research can increase the efficiency of retail distribution

With the constant evolution of techniques available for gathering and interpreting objective information on consumer's behaviour, it is of increasing interest to consider the possibility of using more scientific methods on which to base the policy...

Catalogue: Seminar 1969: The Role Of Market Research In The Distribution Of Consumer Goods

Author: Edoarda Sanna Della Porta

November 1, 1969

How to organise and motivate middlemen

In this paper, we have tried to analyse the way in which middlemen intervene in a channel, how they are organised for competition and cooperation, how they can be motivated.

Catalogue: Seminar 1969: The Role Of Market Research In The Distribution Of Consumer Goods

Author: Antoine Pillet

November 1, 1969

Is service measurable?

Nowadays there are a lot of measuring methods which allow us to control various marketing-measures and to estimate their chances of success. Product testing, work with test markets and the more conventional methods of research in markets and...

Catalogue: Seminar 1969: The Role Of Market Research In The Distribution Of Consumer Goods

Author: Glsela Steinert

Company: Infratest dimap Gesellschaft fur Trend- und Wahlforschung mbH

November 1, 1969

Conclusion

Well then , how should I go about putting this puzzle together? How can I give you a synopsis of our discussions? Looking at distribution from a greater distance, shows us that our means of following it up are as yet inadequate. All our attempts to...

Catalogue: Seminar 1969: The Role Of Market Research In The Distribution Of Consumer Goods

Author: Werner Wyss

Company: SCOPE Qualitative Research AG

November 1, 1969