Question 1: An appliance, television, and stereo dealer serve as an authorized repair center, provide maintenance contracts, and sells essential supplies to customers. What types of channel functions are being implemented by this dealer?
Question 2: How has the Internet most likely affected the distribution channel of an artisan who makes handmade dolls that had been sold only at craft shows?
Question 3: How do merchant wholesalers and agents/brokers differ?
Question 4: A major manufacturer of bread sells its finished products to a grocery store chain. This grocery store then sells the bread to its customers. What type of channel of distribution is this, and what are the levels of distribution?