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What is Place?
Physical Distribution
Retail inventory
Internet as Place
Place Dynamics
100
Another term for agent is?
What is broker
100
UPS, FedEx, and U.S. Postal Service are known as these.
What are Transportation Companies
100
The elements of ____________ include colors, sizes, product options, and quality level of the items being purchased.
What is Assortment Planning
100
A Web page that describes the policy that Web site has to ensure the privacy of their customers is often found through ___________.
What is a Security Link.
100
Avon, Tupperware, and Amway have representatives who call on customers in their homes. Each is an example of ____.
What is a Nonstore Retailer
200
Distributor is another term used to describe what?
What is a wholesaler
200
The term suppliers is another name for ___________ who are responsible for making sure that thier products are shipped in the most efficient, economical way.
What are Channel Members
200
The objective of ___________ is to provide enough stock to make most sales, but with a controlled dollar investment in inventory.
What is Financial Planning.
200
Equipment designed for more efficient inventory control includes _____________.
What are Point-of-Sale Registers.
200
Another term for a transportation company is ________.
What is a Carrier
300
When a retailer locates one store in each major shopping mall, the retailer has ?
What is Selective Market Coverage
300
High-value, low-weight items are often shipped by?
What is a plane
300
Inventory records are often kept by ___________ numbers.
What is SKU.
300
Google.com is an example of _______________?
What is a Search Engine
300
For a ___________ production strategy to be successful, very close coordination is neccessary between suppliers and manufacturers.
What is JIT.
400
The shortest supply chains are for what?
What are Services
400
When a company can reduce its transportation costs by using _________________, it is choosing to transport large numbers of items at one time.
What is Economies of Scale
400
Before stocking the store, ___________ is done, attaching tickets or stickers to each item to be sold.
What is Marking.
400
Most Web sites have a ____________, which provides answers to the most common questions customers ask.
What is a FAQs Page
400
Straightening merchandise during slow times is a part of ___________.
What is Stocking.
500
The purpose of a broker or agent is to do what?
What is Bring Sellers and Buyers Together.
500
Since distribution is the third largest expense for many businesses, managers are always looking for ways to make distribution __________?
What is More Cost-Effective
500
As assortment is deep if the store carries a _____________.
What is a Large Number of the Same Item.
500
E-Tailing has now made it possible for ______________ to take advantage of multi-channel retailing, which they were not able to do in the past.
What are Small Businesses.
500
The three-letter code used to represent the Red Cross's Web address is ______.
What is .org