The nature of the interaction between manufacturers and retailers has received a great deal of empirical attention in the last 15 years. One major line of empirical research examines the balance of power between them and ranges from reduced form models quantifying aggregate profit and other...

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Distribution Channels Today -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 What Is New: Radical Changes in the Navigation of Distribution Channels -- 1.2.1 Changing Business Models -- 1.2.2 Omni‐Channel...

"A distribution channel is the chain of distributors, retailers, and other intermediaries through which a supplier's product reaches end consumers, implying a unidirectional movement of goods along a single route, from the point of production to the point of consumption. Even this simple...