Includes all activities related to the transfer of goods and services from one business to another, or from a business to consumer
What is distribution?
100
EDI
What is Electronic Data Interchange?
100
The number of times during a specific time period that the average inventory is sold
What is inventory turn?
100
The hub of retailing activity in the heart of a downtown core.
What is central business district?
100
A store selling a single line or limited line of merchandise.
What is a specialty store?
200
A store-within-a-store concept.
What is a boutique?
200
RFID
What is radio frequency identification?
200
The number of goods classifications a store carries.
What is breadth of selection?
200
Located in built-up areas beyond the core of a city.
What is a suburban mall?
200
A store that carries a large assortment of one product line or a few related product lines.
What is a limited-line store?
300
Product lines that can be used in conjunction with one another or that all relate to the same sorts of activities and needs.
What is assortment consistency?
300
JIT
What is Just in time inventory system?
300
The number of brands and styles carried by a store in each product classification.
What is depth of selection?
300
A mall that houses a number of category-killer superstores in one enclosed space
What is a power centre?
300
A store offering a wide variety of product lines and a selection of brand names within those product lines.
What is a general-merchandise store?
400
The total assortment of products a retailer carries.
What is merchandise assortment?
400
VMS
What is vertical marketing system?
400
The delivery of small quantities to customers
What is breaking bulk?
400
Contains factory outlet stores for well-known brands; usually located at a key intersection of a major highway.
What is an outlet mall?
400
A store characterized by the limited number of services offered. Such a store tends to reply on in-store displays and merchandising to sell products.
What is a self-serve store?
500
CONVENIENCE GOODS SUCH AS SNACK FOODS, PERSONAL HYGIENE PRODUCTS, AND PHARMACEUTICALS ARE LIKELY TO HAVE THIS CHANNEL STRUCTURE
What is manufacturer to wholesaler to retailer to consumer?
500
DW
What is distribution warehouse?
500
The three degrees of market coverage for the availability of a product
What is intensive, selective and exclusive?
500
A destination mall characterized by its incredibly large size and diversity of stores and services; it includes amusements and other attractions to entertain shoppers.
What is a mega-mall?
500
A retailer that carries a variety of shopping goods that require sales assistance and a variety of services to facilitate the sale of the goods.