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Chapter-13: Retailing: Course: Marketing Channels (MKT 450) Faculty: Abdullah Al Faruq (Afq)
Chapter-13: Retailing: Course: Marketing Channels (MKT 450) Faculty: Abdullah Al Faruq (Afq)
What is Retailing ?
Chapter-13: Retailing
Lecture-9 and 10
marketplace.
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profitability
For example, Retailer-A sells dark chocolate giving him total gross
retailer sells box of white chocolate giving him total gross margin
chocolate.
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a. Bulk-Breaking
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demand.
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This measure allows the retailer to assess how well they are using
their unique assets-shelf or floor space to allocate to a certain
suppliers product.
The convenience in retail sales means customers speed and ease in order
A next door retail is positioned to give more of ease and speed in shopping
to get a product.
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Types of Retailers
a. Department store
Consumers purchase when it comes to wait and get the product varies
In the retail word variety refers to the breadth of the product lines and
Also known as big box retail chain such as Toys "R" Us which is focused
on one or few categories of merchandise and offers a wide selection of
merchandise in these categories at relatively low prices.
c. Super Store/Hypermarket
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These are large scale retail stores widely branched into a market.
They have big parking, huge staffs and sell merchandise varying from white
goods to groceries in a discounted price. For example, Wal-mart.
d. Supermarket
a. Free Goods
has a wider selection than a traditional grocery store and it is smaller than
b. Display Allowance
a hypermarket or superstore.
f. Convenience store
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A fixed fees paid to the retailer to display the product in the most
appropriate way during a consumer price promotion.
c. Count-Recount
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This is a form of paying the retailer on the basis of how many products
have been sold after a certain period of time.
d. Slotting-allowance
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urban neighborhoods.
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e. Inventory Financing
investment in inventory.
f. Cooperative Advertising
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inventories purchased thus enabling the retailer to earn profit with zero
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It has been noticed over past few years that retailers has been increasing
The reasons of this growth is mainly due to rising pressures on the retailers
Retailing (Cont.)
Manufacturers can expand their product line or brands to counter the ever
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