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Which Store to Franchise?

B2B Marketing, Discussion Exercises, Member Activities, Places and Channels

In this activity, students need to determine whether a fast-food restaurant or a convenience store would be a more appropriate vehicle for franchising?

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Should You Have Your Own Sales Team?

B2B Marketing, Discussion Exercises, Member Activities, Places and Channels, Promotion

In this activity, students need to choose whether a new furniture manufacturer should set up its own sales team or utilize an established company of sales agents?
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Should We Use a Wholesaler?

B2B Marketing, Discussion Exercises, Member Activities, Places and Channels, Promotion

Removing the middle-man (a wholesaler) from the channel will provide a higher per unit margin for a manufacturer, but will it result in a higher profit overall?
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Channel Conflict Challenges

B2B Marketing, Discussion Exercises, Free Activities, Places and Channels

This activity highlights several common channel conflict situations. For each situation, the task is to determine how to reduce the level of conflict.

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Handling Channel Conflict

B2B Marketing, Decisions and Mini-Cases, Member Activities, Places and Channels, Products and Brands, Promotion

When a firm utilizes multiple channels, it is likely that channel conflict will occur from time to time. This activity is based upon a real business situation. What would your students do in this situation?
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Which Channel Would You Choose?

B2B Marketing, Discussion Exercises, Free Activities, New Product Process, Places and Channels

Assuming that Pizza Galore wanted to introduce a mini breakfast pizza), then which would be the best channels for them?

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Setting Your Price

Analysis and Metrics, B2B Marketing, Member Activities, Pricing

Students assume that they decide to start a business as a marketing consultant. How much do they need to charge for their consulting services?
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Do Manufacturers Like Private Labels?

B2B Marketing, Decisions and Mini-Cases, Member Activities, New Product Process, Places and Channels, Products and Brands

Why would a large manufacturer want to produce a private label product that will directly compete against their flagship product? Hopefully this activity will provide the answer.

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What CRM Tactics Should We Use?

B2B Marketing, Decisions and Mini-Cases, Free Activities, Services/CRM, Strategy and Plans

For this exercise, students are the marketing manager for a large hotel chain, where they are asked to put together a CRM program for the hotel’s major customers.

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Working with Customer Lifetime Value

Analysis and Metrics, B2B Marketing, Free Activities, Services/CRM

In this activity, student need to work through a customer lifetime value exercise (CLV) and calculate the CLV for both the firm’s business and individual customers.

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