marketing test

Which of the following is an example of an industrial user:

A hairstylist buying new scissors to perform haircuts

Which of the following intermediaries never actually owns the products they promote and sell

Agents

What type of intermediary would purchase baseball bats from one producer, mitts from another, and balls from still another, and then sell an assortment to sporting goods stores?

Wholesaler

Producers are able to match their production to the needs of consumers or industrial users because intermediaries

develop an assortment of goods

The use of intermediaries enables producers to make larger profits because intermediaries

enable producers to use direct distribution

Which of the following retailers would be most likely to be part of the producer to retailer to consumer channel

large retail chain

Which indirect channel of distribution is used to reach large retailers when the producer does not want responsibility for the selling activities?

producer to agent to retailer to consumer

which of the following is a direct channel of distribution for consumer goods and services.

producer to ultimate consumer

Intermediaries buy large quantities of goods from producers and sell smaller quantities to other intermediaries or to consumers. The result is that intermediaries___ their per-unit cost for goods

reduce

Walmart Domino's Pizza and Avis Rent-A-Car are examples of

retailers

An intermediary function that makes good available to consumers where they are wanted and needed is

transporting and storing

Top-Notch Wheels buys mountain bikes from The Great Colorado Mountain Bike Company and sells them to bike shops. Top-Notch Wheels is an example of a(n)

wholesaler

Quality distributors buys electrical equipment and supplies from ABC electric and sells them to local electrical contractors. Quality Distributors is an example of a(n)

Intermediary

What distribution channel is used for high-priced industrial goods when the producer does not have its own sales force?

Producer to agent to user

What is the most common channel of distribution for large industrial goods?

Producer to industrial user

Which of the following services would be distributed by a producer-to-agent-to-consumer channel

Travel planning

Which of the following is a benefit of channels of distribution

We can more easily obtain products from all over the world

What is an advantage for producers in using the producer-to-wholesaler-to-retailer-to-consumer distribution channel?

Wholesalers usually buy in large quantities

Where does a channel of distribution begin?

With the producer

which of the following is an example of an ultimate consumer.

a teenager buying his/her first car