Direct marketing via farmers' markets, roadside stands, community supported agriculture (CSA) programs, and other outlets, is integral to the prosperity of many small fruit and vegetable farms. 1 Through direct marketing, producers are able to establish a closer relationship with consumers , avoid expenses associated with using a broker or wholesaler, and increase their profits (USDA-AMS, 2002a...

The cost efficiency and diversity of digital channels facilitate marketers’ frequent and interactive communication with their customers. Digital channels like the Internet, email, mobile phones and digital television offer new prospects to cultivate customer relationships. However, there are a few models explaining how digital marketing communication (DMC) works from a relationship marketing pe...

BACKGROUND Alcohol marketing includes sponsorship of individuals, organisations and sporting events. Football (soccer) is one of the most popular spectator sports worldwide. No previous studies have quantified the frequency of alcohol marketing in a high profile international football tournament. The aims were to determine: the frequency and nature of visual references to alcohol in a represent...

Advanced internet infrastructure and increasing usage both in corporate home levels broadens opportunities for marketers. The as a marketing channel became one of the most important tools communication between seller consumer. More more companies rely on increases budget next generation strategies. However, channels (Search Engines Optimization, Search Marketing, Email Invasive Syndicated conte...

The rapid proliferation of business-to-consumer electronic commerce makes it an imperative to investigate marketing strategies for online shopping and to reexamine existing knowledge and assumptions regarding traditional marketing channels in the context of Internet technologies and characteristics. Microeconomics provides a rich foundation for analyzing issues pertaining to location, selling f...

Electronic commerce may impose new demands which the supply chain has to react to, while at the same time being an enabler of effective marketing and logistics. This paper describes alternative strategies for wholesalers conducting electronic commerce and how logistics may support the development of marketing channels and improve flexibility. Related issues with logistics implications are the d...

In recent years, the food and beverage industry in the US has viewed children and adolescents as a major market force. As a result, children and adolescents are now the target of intense and specialized food marketing and advertising efforts. Food marketers are interested in youth as consumers because of their spending power, their purchasing influence, and as future adult consumers. Multiple t...

AIMS With the proliferation of the Internet and online social media use, alcohol advertisers are now marketing their products through social media sites such as YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. As a result, new recommendations have been made by the Federal Trade Commission concerning the self-regulation of digital marketing strategies, including content management on social and digital media site...

this study seeks to examine how a company can select the best intermediary for its marketing channels with minimum of criteria and time. a theoretical framework is proposed based on the most important tasks of intermediary and the criteria to measure them. there are four basic tasks and thirty criteria in three independent levels. subsequently, an exploratory case study in iranian food industry...

nowadays, with technology progress and the emergence of new business models, increased levels of competition and changing demands and expectations of customers, using multi channels of distribution is growing rapidly. the coordination and integration of these channels with high efficiency and the elimination of these challenges requires more discussion. the purpose of this study is to investiga...