A Business Marketer That Provides Erratic Delivery Service to Industrial

question 53

Multiple Choice

A business marketer that provides erratic delivery service to industrial distributors:

• A)increases the distributor's inventory carrying costs.
• B)creates stockouts at the distributor level.
• C)damages channel relations.
• D)all of the above
• E)(a)and (c)only

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