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Chapter Thirteen
Retailing and Wholesaling
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Retailing and Wholesaling

Topic Outline
Retailing
Retailer Marketing Decisions
The Future of Retailing
Wholesaling
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Retailing
Retailing includes all the activities in
selling products or services directly
to final consumers for their personal,
non-business use
Retailers are businesses whose sales
come primarily from retailing

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Table 13.1
Major Store Retailer Types

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Retailing
Types of Retailers
Amount of service:
Self-service
Limited service
Full service

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Retailing
Product Line

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Retailing
Types of Retailers
Relative Prices

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Retailing
Types of Retailers
Organizational Approach

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Retailing
Types of Retailers
Corporate chains are two or more

outlets that are commonly owned
and controlled
Size allows them to buy in large
quantities at lower prices and gain
promotional economies
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Retailing
Types of Retailers
Voluntary chains are wholesalesponsored groups of independent

retailers that engage in group
buying and common merchandising

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Retailing
Types of Retailers
Retailer cooperatives is a group of

independent retailers that band
together to set up a joint-owned,
central wholesale operation and
conduct joint merchandising and
promotion effort

Retailing
Types of Retailers
Franchise organizations are

based on some unique product or
service; on a method of doing
business; or on the trade name,
good will, or patent that the
franchisor has developed

Retailing
Types of Retailers
Merchandising conglomerates are

corporations that combine several
retailing forms under central
ownership

Retailing

Retailing
Segmentation targeting,
differentiation, and positioning
involves the definition and profile of
the market so the other retail
marketing decisions can be made

Retailing
Product Assortment and Service
Product assortment and service

decisions include:
Product assortment
Services mix
Store atmosphere

Retailing
Price Decision
Price policy must fit the target market and

positioning, product and service
assortment, and competition
High markup
on lower
volume
Low markup on
higher volume

Retailing
Price Decision
High-low pricing involves charging

higher prices on an everyday basis,
coupled with frequent sales and
other price promotions
Everyday low price (EDLP) involves
charging constant, everyday low
prices with few sales or discounts
Retailing
Promotion Decision

Retailing
Retailer Marketing Decisions - Place Decision
Central business districts are located in

cities and include department and
specialty stores, banks, and movie
theaters
Shopping center is a group of retail
businesses planned, developed, owned,
and managed as a unit

Retailing
Retailers have to consider:
Non-store retailing
Retail convergence
Megaretailers
Retail technology
Global expansion
Retail stores as communities

Retailing
New Retail Forms and Shortening Retail Life Cycles
Wheel-of-retailing concept states that

many new types of retailing forms begin
as low-margin, low-price, low-status
operations, and challenge established
retailers. As they succeed they upgrade
their facilities and offer more services,
increasing their costs and forcing them
to increase prices, eventually becoming
the retailers they replaced.
Retailing
Growth of non-store retailing

includes:
Mail order
Television
Phone
Online

Retailing
Retail convergence involves the

merging of consumers, producers,
prices, and retailers, creating
greater competition for retailers
and greater difficulty
differentiating offerings
Retailing
The rise of megaretailers involves

the rise of mass merchandisers and
specialty superstores, the formation
of vertical marketing systems, and a
rash of retail mergers and
acquisitions
Superior information systems
Buying power
Large selection
Retailing
Growing importance of retail

technology provides better forecasts,
inventory control, electronic ordering,
transfer of information, scanning,
online transaction processing,
improved merchandise handling
systems, and the ability to connect
with customers
Wholesaling
Wholesaling includes all activities involved in selling goods and services to those buying for resale or
business use

Wholesaling
Wholesaling
Selling and promoting involves the

wholesalers sales force helping the
manufacturer reach many smaller
customers at lower cost
Buying assortment building involves
the selection of items and building
of assortments needed by their
customers, saving the customers
work
Wholesaling
Wholesaling
Bulk breaking involves the

wholesaler buying in larger quantity
and breaking into smaller lots for its
customers
Warehousing involves the wholesaler
holding inventory, reducing its
customers inventory cost and risk
Wholesaling
Wholesaling
Transportation involves the

wholesaler providing quick delivery
due to its proximity to the buyer
Financing involves the wholesaler
providing credit and financing
suppliers by ordering earlier and
paying on time
Wholesaling
Wholesaling
Risk bearing involves the wholesaler

absorbing risk by taking title and
bearing the cost of theft, damage,
spoilage, and obsolescence
Market information involves the
wholesaler providing information to
suppliers and customers about
competitors, new products, and
price developments
Wholesaling
Wholesaling
Management services and advice

involves wholesalers helping retailers
train their sales clerks, improve store
layouts, and set up accounting and
inventory control systems

Wholesaling
Types of Wholesalers

Wholesaling
Merchant wholesalers is the

largest group of wholesalers and
include:
Full-service wholesalers who
provide a full set of services
Limited service wholesalers who
provide few services and
specialized functions
Wholesaling
Brokers and agents do not take title,

perform a few functions, and
specialize by product line or
customer type
Brokers bring buyers and sellers
together and assist in negotiations
Agents represent buyers or sellers
Wholesaling
Manufacturers sales branches

and offices is a form of
wholesaling by sellers or buyers
themselves rather than through
independent wholesalers

Wholesaling
Wholesaler Marketing Decisions

Wholesaling
Target market and positioning

decisions
Size of customer
Type of customer
Need for service

Wholesaling
Marketing mix decisions

Product
Price
Promotion
Place
Wholesaling
Trends in Wholesaling
Challenges
Resistance to price increases
Lack of suppliers
Changing customer needs
Adding value by increasing
efficiency and effectiveness

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Corporate chains are two or more

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Voluntary chains are wholesalesponsored groups of independent

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Retailer cooperatives is a group of

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Franchise organizations are

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Merchandising conglomerates are

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Product assortment and service

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Price policy must fit the target market and

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High-low pricing involves charging

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Central business districts are located in

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Retailers have to consider:

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Wheel-of-retailing concept states that

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Growth of non-store retailing