These services are also provided through alternative channels such as the internet and telephone banking.

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Like Wells, it has an aggressive, transaction-based culture and has focused on alternative delivery channels, such as the Internet.

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Regardless of what you think about the history of direct sales, this model now has potential to tap into customer demand for alternative shopping channels and drive sales more efficiently than traditional retailers.

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Thankfully, many publications are still vigilant, and social media and some owned media channels provide alternative, credible ways to publish.

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It has a very important place in business as a way to contrast and compare alternative marketing programs and channels.

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Direct Operator Billing from MACH will enable Skype to bring a vital alternative payment method to these channels: Skype users will be able to charge their Skype credit to their mobile phone bill or pre-paid account, and enjoy the frictionless user experience gained from this payment method.

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Now more than 97 percent of TV homes in the U.S. will have access to DIRECTV local channels and a true alternative to other TV providers in their communities.

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Singapore's alternative plan is to provide universal cable and 64 channels by 2000 -- all of them subject to Singapore Broadcasting Authority guidelines.

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