Across
- 3. a loss of products due to theft, fraud, negligence, or error
- 4. determining the best methods and procedures to use so that prospective customers can locate, obtain, and use a business's products and services
- 7. elements of the shopping environment that appeal to customers, attract them to a store, and encourage them to buy
- 9. a business relationship in which the developer of a business idea sells others the rights to the business idea and the use of the business name
- 12. businesses that have services as their primary offering with a limited number of products for sale that complement the services
- 13. the final business organization in an indirect channel of distribution for consumer products
- 14. the process of efficiently and effectively moving products and materials through the distribution channel
- 15. the producer sells the product to the final consumer
- 16. businesses that offer products from several different categories
- 17. companies that assist with distribution activities between businesses
Down
- 1. a company that takes responsibility to identify channel members, assign distribution activities, help members agree on performance standards, and facilitate communication among channel members
- 2. businesses that offer products from one category of merchandise or closely related items
- 5. a building designed to store large amounts of raw materials or products until they can be used or sold
- 6. selling directly to the consumer at home rather than requiring the consumer to travel to a store
- 8. a facility used to accumulate products from several sources and then regroup, repackage, and send them as quickly as possible to the locations where they will be used
- 10. other businesses between the producer and the consumer perform one ore more marketing functions
- 11. businesses that offer a variety of consumer products to members through a warehouse outlet