Chapter 6-1 Review

Channels of distribution are the routes that products take from the time they are produced to the time they arrive at the retail store.

• True

• False

No intermediaries are involved in the manufacturer to retailer to consumer channel option.

• True

• False

Retail stores can distribute their products to consumers by having convenient hours for customers, shipping directly to consumers, and being accessible through the Internet.

• True

• False

Most entrepreneurs who own service businesses sell their services directly to consumers.

• True

• False

Service businesses do not have a single, direct channel of distribution if there is more than one store in the chain.

• True

• False

A product may move through several channel members by various forms of transportation to get it to the point where it will ultimately be sold to consumers.

• True

• False

If you are shipping a large item to another country, you would likely use the U.S. Postal Service.

• True

• False

Even businesses that do not sell goods to customers must receive goods from suppliers.

• True

• False

Distribution is an important component of:

• a business's marketing strategy

• market research

• supply chain management

• networking

Intermediaries are used in:

• direct channel of distribution

• indirect channel of distribution

• the manufacturer-to-consumer channel option

• all of these