The distribution of consumable goods : an economic study / by Dorothea Braithwaite and S.P. Dobbs, formerly lecturer in economics in the Universities of Toronto and Sheffield, author of "The clothing workers of Great Britain" ; with an introduction by P. Sargant Florence, professor of commerce in the University of Birmingham
1932, First Edition. London : George Routledge & Sons, Ltd. Fine cloth copy in a very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Minor library marks remain internally. Item #430500
Physical description; 2 unnumbered pages, xiii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 304 pages ; 22 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (page 296) and index. Contents; The costs of distribution : aims and methods of the present study -- The operations of the distributor : essential and non-essential -- Information -- The preparation of goods for sale -- Transportation -- Holding and financing stocks -- Advertisement and sales promotion -- The trinity of trade : producer, wholesaler and retailer -- Many intermediaries : various types of middleman -- Eliminating the middleman : selling direct to the retailer -- Eliminating the middleman : selling direct to the consumer -- Eliminating the middleman : the balance of loss and gain -- Retail distribution -- Prices and profit margins. Subjects; Marketing. TRADE. Consumer goods. Physical distribution of goods.
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