A Marketing Channel can be defined as a "set of organizations involved in the process of making a product available for use or consumption by the end user" (McColl - Kennedy, Kiel, Lusch, 1994). The marketing channel overcomes the major time, place and possession gaps that separate goods and services from those who would use them. Most producers use intermediaries, in order to provide their target markets, products and/or services they need through an effective …
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