Sales Channel: Definition and additional resources from BNET
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Business Definition for: Sales Channel

  • a means of distributing products to the marketplace, either directly to the end customer, or indirectly through intermediaries such as retailers or dealers

Additional Resources

Surfing For A New Sales Channel?
The paper examines the causes and the considerations for retailers to keep in mind when exploring new sales channel options. The big cause for going multi-channel is to sell more. However, profits are decayed, if such a strategy is implemented in an inefficient manner. This is where multi-channel technology integration...
Tags: E-business, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales
White papers 2002-10-01
CRM Extends Its Reach Into Channel Sales Management
Channel sales management can be one of the most pressing issues for companies today. The channel represents enormous opportunities, but its management historically has been fraught with inefficiencies caused by channel strategies that vary by industry and partners that run the gamut from large multimillion-dollar multinationals to small regional shops...
Tags: Sales, Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy, International Data Group, CRM, International Data Corp., Channel
White papers 2004-10-01
The Role of Sales Engineer In Technical Sales
From the executive summary: ‘Product management helps sales channels, and sales engineering helps individual sales people. Product managers should create sales tools and marketing programs that assist all sales people, not to mention creating new products for the channel to sell. In fact, many companies would be better served hiring...
Tags: Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy, Sales Channel, Sales
White papers 2003-01-01
Channel Partner Scorecard
This template helps channel sales management assess the effectiveness of current channel partners. The template can be used to track marketing campaigns and the use of market development funds. It can enter the channel partner's key profile and contact information in the template, as well as the forecasted and actual...
Tags: Partnership, Business Structures, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Finance, Sales
Tools & templates 2004-06-16
Fortinet Announces Vice President of Americas Channel Sales
Fortinet® -- the pioneer and leading provider of unified threat management UTM solutions -- today announced Michael Valentine as the company's new vice president of Americas channel sales. With more than 20 years of sales and channel experience, Valentine will be responsible for driving the acceleration of Fortinet's channel strategy...
Research articles 2007-05-22
Voyence Appoints Gregory S. Donohue as Vice President of Global Enterprise and Channel Sales
RICHARDSON, Texas -- Voyence, a pioneer in automated network change and configuration management solutions, today announced the appointment of Gregory S. Donohue as Vice President of Global Enterprise and Channel Sales. As a veteran of sales and channel management, Donohue will spearhead Voyence's global enterprise and channel strategy aimed at...
Tags: sales
Research articles 2007-07-11
Top 500 Census Issue: Home Channel Sales Increase 12% and The Home Depot Remains at the Top
Home Channel News, the leading publication serving the home improvement products industry, will release 34 pages packed with statistical breakdowns and analysis of the key players in the home channel industry. The annual report card, chronicling the performance of the nations leading home channel retailers, ranks sales and includes...
Tags: Home Depot Inc., sales
Research articles 2006-06-12
Make The Most Of Every Channel
Where to allocate the marketing resources and efforts? That is a million-dollar question in multichannel business management. A promotion in one channel may spur sales in another. The need is to identify ‘that’ ideal channel. The paper delves into this issue using the example of US Cavalry. It illustrates how...
Tags: Channel, Primedia Inc., Marketing Research, Sales Strategy, Strategy, Marketing, Sales, Management
White papers 2001-03-01
Diamond Multimedia announces new vice president of channel sales
SAN JOSE, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--June 5, 1995--Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:DIMD) has announced the addition of Bobby Toda as vice president of channel sales reporting to Scott Holt, vice president of worldwide sales and strategic alliances. Toda is responsible for overall distribution and retail channel sales and the development of the...
Research articles 1995-06-05
Metastorm Adds Veteran Member to Channel Sales Team; Brigante Hill Appointed as Northeast Director of Channel Sales
Business/Technology Editors
Tags: Metastorm, sales, sales team, team
Research articles 2002-08-29
Omniture Appoints Vice President of Channel Sales
Omniture, the leading provider of online business optimization services, today announced the appointment of Mark Dillon to vice president, channel sales. In this newly created position, Dillon will spearhead Omniture's global channel strategy aimed at further strengthening the company's relationships with key partners (e.g. marketing agencies, OEM/VAR resellers, referral...
Tags: Omniture Inc.
Research articles 2006-03-29
Sales Channel Analysis
Use this template to analyze your distribution channel sales volume.
Tags: Sales Strategy, Analysis, Sales Force Management, Sales
Tools & templates 2007-09-01
Dell'Oro Group Forecasts Fibre Channel Switch Sales Rebound in 2006; Fibre Channel HBA Sales Bolstered by Blade Server Market
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- In a newly released report, Dell'Oro Group forecasts manufacturer equipment sales of Fibre Channel switches to accelerate during 2006, and to surpass $2.0 billion by 2009.
Tags: blade, blade server, fibre channel
Research articles 2006-01-26
Corel Caps Banner Year for Channel Programs, Taps Best Software Executive as New Vice President of Channel Sales
OTTAWA -- Corel Grows VAR Channel Sales by 20 Percent; Adds Over 3,000 New Partners in 2004; Chad Hoke Joins Executive Team Extending Company's Reach into SMB Market
Tags: Best Software, Corel Corp., sales
Research articles 2004-12-15
Direct Marketing, Indirect Pro?ts: A Strategic Analysis of Dual-Channel Supply-Chain Design
The advent of e-commerce has prompted many manufacturers to redesign their traditional channel structures by engaging in direct sales. The model conceptualizes the impact of customer acceptance of a direct channel, the degree to which customers accept a direct channel as a substitute for shopping at a traditional store, on...
Tags: Sales, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing Research, Sales Channel, Sales Strategy, Manufacturing, Manufacturer, Direct Marketing, Strategic Analysis, Channel
White papers 2003-01-01
Channel Design Starts With The Customer, Creating High Performance Sales Channels
Channel selection and deployment is one of the most critical issues facing companies today. Customers are looking for superior value in all the solutions they consider. Increasingly, the sales channel creates the most powerful and sustainable differentiation in delivering superior value to customers. However, much of what companies do today...
Tags: Sales Force Management, Sales, High-performance, Channel, Sales Strategy, Sales Channel
White papers 2003-01-01
Multichannel Logistics: Figuring Out How To Put All The Pieces Together
From the executive summary: ‘The rise of the Internet has created a powerful new sales channel. However, companies are struggling to combine fulfillment of consumer-direct sales with that of traditional retailing. Third-party logistics providers offer one solution to the multi-channel conundrum. They have benefited from the outsourcing of the Internet...
Tags: Keller International Publishing, Logistics, Supply Chain, Sales Strategy, Business Operations, Sales
White papers 2003-05-01
Sony Pictures Television and Tennis Channel Form Advertising Sales Partnership
NEW YORK & LOS ANGELES -- Tennis Channel and Sony Pictures Television have entered into an exclusive ad sales partnership, it was announced today by Amy Carney, president, advertiser sales, Sony Pictures Television SPT, and Gary Herman, senior vice president, advertising sales, Tennis Channel.
Tags: advertisement, Sony Pictures, TV
Research articles 2007-11-05
Lexmark Selects Allegis to Strengthen U.S. Channel Sales; Lexmark's U.S. Channel Organization and Partners to Use Allegis Sales Partner
Business Editors & High Tech Writers
Tags: Lexmark International Inc., sales
Research articles 2001-03-13
Channel Strategy And Plan
This template helps you create a managed document that your organization can use to consolidate your analysis and assessment of potential sales channels. You can use this document to help you choose the optimal sales channel for your product.
Tags: Strategy, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales
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