Vertical Marketing Systems Refer to

question 236

Multiple Choice

Vertical marketing systems refer to

• A)professionally managed geographically dispersed marketing channels designed to achieve channel economies and maximize marketing impact.
• B)professionally managed and centrally coordinated marketing channels designed to achieve channel economies and maximum marketing impact.
• C)retailer-sponsored cooperatives where small,independent retailers form an organization that operates a wholesale facility cooperatively.
• D)professionally managed geographically dispersed marketing channels that are controlled through strategic channel alliances.
• E)channel partnerships that share responsibility for ordering and physically distributing each other's products.

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Definitions:

Unsold Goods

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Republicanism

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Virtue

is a trait or quality deemed to be morally good and thus is valued as a foundation of good moral being. Personal virtues include traits such as integrity, courage, fortitude, honesty, and loyalty.

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