SPORT DISTRIBUTION
INTRODUCTION
CONCERNED WITH HOW AND WHERE
CONSUMERS GET ACCESS TO A SPORT PRODUCT OR SERVICE IN ORDER TO
USE IT.
DISTRIBUTION/ PLACE MEANS
PRODUCT OR SPORT ORGANIZATION
TRANSPORTING
FINAL CONSUMER
THE SPORT MARKETING FRAMEWORK
PRODUCT
PRICE
PLACE
PROMOTION
SPONSORSHIP
SERVICES
DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
THE WAY THAT A DISTRIBUTION
CHANNEL IS ORGANIZED OR ARRANGED.
CHANNEL MEMBER
ANY ORGANIZATION OR INDIVIDUAL
INVOLVED AS A PART OF A DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL
RETAILER
THE ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN THE FINAL SALE OF A
SPORTING GOODS OR SERVICE TO A CONSUMER.
TYPES OF SPORT RETAILERS
TYPES OF DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS
DIRECT
SHORT: WHERE THE PRODUCER
SELL THE PRODUCT DIRECTLY TO
THE CONSUMER.
INDIRECT
LONG BECAUSE THERE ARE A
NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS OR
PEOPLE INVOLVED ALONG THE WAY.
DIRECT DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL
PRODUCER
INDIRECT DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL A
INDIRECT DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL A
PRODUCER
WHOLESALER
RETAILER
FINAL CONSUMER
INDIRECT DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL B
PRODUCER
RETAILER
FINAL CONSUMER
WHOLESALERS
AN ORGANIZATION OR INDIVIDUAL ACTING AS THE MIDDLE
STEP BETWEEN A PRODUCER AND A RETAILER