These larger companies generally do not sell direct and often sell only frames, so you go to an authorized bike shop and get fitted, then they order the frame for you and you pick the components and have the bike built.
Direct Web buying, often aided by a logistics partner, allows many goods producers to sell direct.
We want it to be easy for producers to sell direct to customers, if they wish.
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If publishers were prepared to sell direct to consumer, for example, they would gather data on who bought what books.
Sell direct rather than through distributors so you lower sales cost.
Previously, wineries such as Californian firm Lucas Winery - which was among those to challenge the law - could not sell direct to out-of-state consumers from 24 states.
If you want to sell direct, then you can upload your ebook files and Ganxy will, after verification, add a direct sales link to your other retail links.
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Enter Ganxy, a New York start-up that allows authors to create a showcase for their novels, complete with links to all the major retailers and even the option to sell direct through Ganxy or other sellers.
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We could also setup hosted software demos for the products we sell and direct current and prospective clients to try out all of our applications in this separate environment.
Nvidia, which has made its name providing high-powered graphics chips, introduced the new generation of its Tegra processor and also announced its own Android-based gaming device and said it will sell it direct to consumers.
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They both rely on lean direct-sales operations to sell their products to techies working deep in the bowels of large corporations.
It's also abandoning its direct-only model to sell its wares at Wal-Mart--where it can better show wares like PCs and printers to consumers.
It's also abandoning its direct-only model to sell its wares at Wal-Mart (nyse: WMT - news - people )--where it can better show wares like PCs and printers to consumers.
Dell became a market leader in computers through early use of the internet to sell goods and services direct to consumers, and to buy components from suppliers.
Theobald argues that Avangate beats out such competition on the basis of its superior agility and its ability to make it easy for customers to manage potential channel conflict as they try to sell both through a direct sales force and through hundreds of resellers.
Compaq and HP recently announced plans to sell some of their PCs direct to customers over the phone and the Internet.
In America, drug firms have done well out of direct-to-consumer promotion since hard-sell television advertising was allowed for prescription drugs in August 1997 (see article).
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Of course, beyond impressing friends with the predictions, the algorithm has direct implications for the likes of Twitter itself -- being able to sell ads against trending topics could benefit the social media company enormously in its ongoing quest to monetize.
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"It's a matter of access, not disclosure, " says Kenneth Phillips, founder of the Prospect Institute, which is trying to sell companies an employee benefits package in which employees would choose from direct plans only.
The app wouldn't appear to pose a direct threat to Google because it could potentially help phone makers and wireless carriers sell more Android devices, which include Google's revenue-generating search service, YouTube, Google Maps and other services, rather than those made by rival Apple.
And while it seems highly unlikely it will split this service off and sell it individually, it too is a vision of the future: A direct connection to the entertainment providers you want rather than buying huge packages of mostly irrelevant content.
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It said it will sell 229.4 million shares, or about 15.3%, of Direct Line's total outstanding shares.
They generally sell policies through several distribution channels, such as independent brokers, tied agents, and direct contact with customers.
Rather than sell those eyeballs programmatically for pennies, Bankoff has built a sales team of 26 that direct-sells premium sponsorships to the likes of BMW, Microsoft and Samsung.
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The trick for direct-sales companies such as Avon is not getting people to buy your products, but getting people to sell them.
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