Researchers have started to probe local abattoirs, looking for trends in slaughter practices or product distribution to village shops.
"Whether in branding, product or distribution, Nokia is always a step ahead, " says Mawston.
Unused to managing its customers' inventories, Allied shoved too much product through distribution channels in 1996.
Allianz thought it had its product and distribution problems solved in March 2000 when Deutsche Bank and Dresdner announced plans to merge and bring Allianz into the deal.
"Our ability to broaden our product and distribution base will enable us to mitigate to some extent any short term weakness in our traditional hobby sectors, " said Hornby chief executive Frank Martin.
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Commitment to the company's existing technology, product line, distribution system or customer base becomes a sacred cow.
The power of the audience ratings will influence the quality of product referencing in distribution and could even reverse the balance of power between brands and retail.
Heat maps highlighting concentrations of the new-to-the-brand consumer targets can be used to determine product production and distribution strategies by the client (taking it beyond the campaign).
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Private labels also offer more control over product development and distribution, enabling department stores to release new products as much as 60 to 90 days ahead of their name-brand competitors.
We have highly complementary business operations and we have pursued very similar strategies by broadening out our product ranges and distribution channels, '' said Jonathan Bloomer , group chief executive of Prudential, who will head up the combined companies.
Smaller companies are deterred by the investment in market research, distribution and product design needed to sell abroad.
Though both produce many "free" and "not free" phones, they are insulated by their diverse product lines, global distribution and economies of scale, he says.
While no two organizations are alike, they often do share common particulars: industry, departments, geography, organization size and distribution, product area, and sometimes even similar organizational cultures.
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Companies must maintain "good housekeeping" during a recession, such as product quality and good distribution systems, but he suggests that clear brand association and leadership comes through communication.
Individuals who purchase the LuminAID light will be helping the distribution of the product around the world.
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When Apple opened their stores 12 years ago, Steve Jobs knew that he had to control his distribution and his product.
But incentives for innovation abound in a swathe of areas: product design and manufacture, distribution, retailing, marketing, finance, systems, wholesaling, affinity, marketing communications, technology, (have we missed anything?).
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Granting exclusivity to any one of these players would be a wild gamble, thus the company is creating many strategic partnerships for distribution of the product, all without exclusivity.
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The final strategy will be different for every company because it must depend on a company's specific targeted consumers, product categories, sales and distribution system, marketing models, competitors, and economics.
Six years ago I co-founded Mashery to build a platform that allows large and small businesses to create APIs to extend the distribution of whatever product or service they sell to new customers, and to allow any of their customers to interact with them wherever they want to.
On Surface RT, Detwiler contends that a lack of distribution is killing the product.
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Lims enthusiasm won him exclusive Korean distribution rights for Alteras product line.
The NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution division is responsible for the distribution of NBC Universal product to all forms of television within the U.S. and Canada.
By 2000 American Tissue's empire stretched from Oregon to New York and included eight mills capable of producing 919, 000 tons of pulp and paper annually, 8 product-producing plants and 12 distribution centers.
With a simpler product line, Compaq's wider distribution network could give it a marketing advantage over Dell.
Outsourcing of manufacturing, for instance, is feasible only if it can be separated from other supply chain activities: product development, branding, marketing, distribution, and after sales services.
SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) is a global leader in flash memory storage solutions, from research and development, product design and manufacturing to branding and distribution for OEM and retail channels.
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The product also boasts a flexible and innovative distribution channel, as Max Life has signed an agreement with a national retail chain, I-SERV, to let policyholders manage their policies at 12, 500 of its stores.
As I discuss in The Business Strategy in a Semiglobal Economy, for instance, outsourcing of manufacturing is feasible only if it can be separated from other supply chain activities: product development, branding, marketing, distribution, and after sales services.
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For example it may become very clear that the marketing team develops poor advertising, the finance team makes lousy forecasts, the sales force is not hitting its distribution goals, or the product development team failed to incorporate key elements.
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