Channel stuffing

(noun)

The business practice where a company, or a sales force within a company, inflates its sales figures by forcing more products through a distribution channel than the channel is capable of selling to the world at large.

Examples of Channel stuffing in the following topics:

  • Trade Allowances

    • Trade discounts are most frequent in industries where retailers hold the majority of the power in the distribution channel (referred to as channel captains).
    • It is important that these discounts are fair and offered to all channel members equally to avoid channel conflict.
    • Some challenges include channel stuffing, where manufacturers induce channel members to buy far more products than they can sell in a reasonable period.
    • Another challenge is diverting, which is when companies sell to channel members at a cheaper rate rather than pass on savings to consumers.
  • Pinballs and Presentations

    • On its playing surface, below all the flashing lights and fancy graphics, a variety of intricate chutes and channels indicated where balls could roll or be shunted.
    • "Knowing your stuff" isn't enough; you have to know whom you're stuffing and when they have, indeed, been stuffed.
  • Product Labeling

    • For example, a law label is a legally required tag or label on new items describing the fabric and filling regulating the United States mattress, upholstery, and stuffed article industry.
    • Laws requiring these tags were passed in the United States to inform consumers as to whether the stuffed article they were buying contained new or recycled materials.
    • Laws were passed in the United States to inform consumers as to whether the stuffed articles they were buying contained new or recycled materials.
  • Channel Integration

    • The integration of marketing channels to varying degrees is known either as multi-channel or omni-channel retailing.
    • The integration of marketing channels involves a process known as multi-channel retailing.
    • Omni-channel retailing is very similar to, and an evolution of, multi-channel retailing.
    • The omni-channel consumer wants to use all channels simultaneously and retailers using an omni-channel approach will track customers across all channels, not just one or two.
    • Merchandise and promotions are not channel specific, but rather consistent across all retail channels.
  • Ion Channels

    • Leakage channels are the simplest type of ion channel, in that their permeability is more or less constant.
    • The types of leakage channels with the greatest significance in neurons are potassium and chloride channels.
    • There are three main types of gated channels: chemically-gated or ligand-gated channels, voltage-gated channels, and mechanically-gated channels.
    • Voltage-gated ion channels, also known as voltage-dependent ion channels, are channels whose permeability is influenced by the membrane potential.
    • Ligand-gated ion channels (LGICs) are one type of ionotropic receptor or channel-linked receptor.
  • Channels for Consumer Goods

    • Channels don't always make sense.
    • The channel mechanism also operates for service products.
    • The channel operates 24 hours a day and exists in an environment where change is the norm.
    • Finally, channels should have certain distribution objectives guiding their activities.
    • Channels usually represent the largest costs in marketing a product.
  • Channels for Industrial Goods

    • A marketing channel is the network of organizations that work together to provide goods for consumption.
    • This definition implies several important characteristics of the channel.
    • Yet all must be recognized, selected, and integrated into an efficient channel arrangement.
    • The channel operates 24 hours a day and exists in an environment where change is the norm.
    • This trade channel is feasible when agents cannot directly sell to industrial users.
  • Selecting Marketing Channels

    • Channels can range in levels from two to several (five being typical).
    • The type of product dictates the number of marketing channels to use.
    • Once the number of levels is decided, the channel manager must determine the actual number of channel components involved at each level.
    • Regardless of the channel framework selected, channels usually perform better if someone is in charge, providing some level of leadership.
    • Given the restrictions inherent in channel leadership, the final question is always "who should lead the channel?
  • Channel

    • The channel is the method (auditory and visual) that is used to transmit the message to the receiver.
    • These cues are received by the listeners through the visual part of the channel: their sense of sight.
    • The speaker uses a channel to transmit the message to the audience.
    • The channel in the middle links the speaker with the receiver of the message.
    • Give examples of auditory and visual channels used in public speaking
  • The Significance of Marketing Channels

    • A channel performs three important functions.
    • Not all channel members perform the same function.
    • Second, all channel institutional members are part of many channel transactions at any given point in time.
    • A channel strategy is evident.
    • Identify the types of institutions that participate in marketing channels, and the three primary functions of these channels
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