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Survey at newsstands

One of the marketing problems in the Italian publishing industry concerns control of distribution. Most publications, in fact, are distributed by organizations that are not dependent on the publisher, and control at point of sale is not as timely,...

Catalogue: Seminar 1972: Marketing And Research In The Publishing Industry

Author: Carlo Erminero

Company: Demoskopea

June 15, 1972

Discussion group IV

On the subject of editorial research the group mentioned two things: first, the difficulty that researchers have in communicating with editors; and secondly the dilemma between satisfying objective management needs and the political objectives of the...

Catalogue: Seminar 1972: Marketing And Research In The Publishing Industry

Authors: Friedrich Wendt, Michael D. Ryan

June 15, 1972

Experiments on an adaptive computer model of a distribution channel

The aim of the paper is to use computer simulation models of an entire industry's distribution channel as instruments of theory development. The major phenomena to be explained center around recent developments in distribution systems, resulting from...

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

Author: Martin Pfaff

November 1, 1969

Planning and implementing distribution policies

This paper outlines the basic steps that should be taken by manufacturers setting out to plan and implement distribution policies for their products. The steps relate specifically to mass market consumer goods and although many of the statistical...

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

Author: A.M. Rogers

November 1, 1969

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

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

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

Investigation as to the extent to which operational research can be used to assist in the choice of different distribution channels with a view to improve profitability

During the course of this report, we would like to show how operational research makes it possible to deal with Marketing problems which up to now were impossible to solve mathematically by the usual methods.

Catalogue: Seminar 1968: Operational Research In Marketing

Author: P. H. Perrot-Desnoixs

November 1, 1968