What is the most widely used channel for Industrial goods?
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It can either be through distributors or agent representatives.\nDistributors - Buys goods from the principal and resell to their customer at a markup.\nAgent - Represents the principal in a specific territory. Works on commission.
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Consumer goods.  As long as someone has a product to sell, the capital will come later.
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The best trade shows are the ones that are most relevant to your sector, where your target audience goes, and your objectives for participating in a trade show. There may be cheaper trade shows or expos, but if it is not a place where your buyers go, then it is but a waste of resources even if it were cheaper.\n\nHere are some tips on how you can maximize your trade show participation from the article "Five Tips for Trade Show Success on a Small Budget" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol135/tradeshow.htm\n\n1. Have a sales representative exhibit your line at a trade show if you can't afford a booth and travel expenses\n2. Rent a temporary space at a wholesale gift mart or showroom\n3. Share a trade show booth and expenses with a related but non-competing business in your niche.\n4. Make over your current displays instead of buying new ones. \n5. Purchase used trade show displays rather than springing for new ones.
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Good question. My guess is inventory. You have to spend money to obtain it (cost of goods), and you "sell" it for a profit (fees).
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The merchants or the traders were, are and will be necessary bridge between producers and end-users. Of course I am talking about the merchants of commodities trading where merchant should have full set of logisitics, price risk management and marketing systems. Due to this factors merchant always will be in need in our globalizing world trade market. The main is what you are going to trade with?
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In terms of overall brands (from a marketing perspective). Interbrands does an annual study of the largest global brands\n\nIf you are looking for which brands are the biggest in terms of market share, it gets trickier. There are brand share statistics from vendors such as Gartner, IDC, Forrester, etc. There are also some statistics from industry associations. However, in the electronics space, most vendors sell into multiple categories - often making share difficult to identify.\n\nIf you are asking what is best for your business - go to Gartner or Forrester - one of the buyer-side analysts
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The United States as a whole.\n\nIf you're looking for large markets within the US, pick any large city.  Use of E-Bay pretty much spans all geographic regions and foils any traditional labelling of which market is which.
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What type of manufacturing are you talking about.  what industry?
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Here are the best and most frequently used ones :\nInternational Trade Administration - Home PageInternational Trade Administration, US Department of Commerce Home Page is the first stop for information about all US Federal Government export assistance ...\nwww.ita.doc.gov/  \nITC - International Trade CentreThe International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO (ITC) is the focal point in the United Nations system for technical cooperation with developing countries in trade ...\nwww.intracen.org/  \nInternational Trade Commission Homepage. An "independent", quasi-judicial federal agency that provides trade policy advice to both the legislative and executive branches of government, ...\nwww.usitc.gov/ \nInternational Trade Leads, Import Export - Fita.org World Trade LeadsA network of companies belonging to international trade associations in the USA, Canada, and Mexico.\nwww.fita.org/ \nBest of Luck !
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fast moving consumer goods
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Should be B2C.\n\nBusiness-to-consumer.
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I recommend Industrial. There are more career opportunities there.
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Export commodities:   \nmotor vehicles and parts, industrial machinery, aircraft, telecommunications equipment; chemicals, plastics, fertilizers; wood pulp, timber, crude petroleum, natural gas, electricity, aluminum.\n\nImports commodities:   \nmachinery and equipment, motor vehicles and parts, crude oil, chemicals, electricity, durable consumer goods
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alot of the areas are with the main distributers and equipment retailers.  you can go to any of the equipment web sites and they have tons of info you can get.
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Some sources of information:\n\n1. Industry association - they often have papers or studies about the industry\n2. Bureau of Census - you can check the retail surveys they have for information on the sales generated by the industry\n3. Books on the topic - check with your library for books on the specific industry you are interested in\n4. Websites such as Bizstats.com and other free industry information\n5. Trade magazines - check freebizmag.com, amazon.com or tradepub.com for listings of magazines in particular industries\n6. Attend trade shows - go to tsnn.com for listings of trade shows in that industry and if possible, attend so you can meet with industry players, manufacturers and suppliers. Often trade shows have seminars that talk of industry trends, among others\n7. Buy market research reports - expensive with many selling upwards of $650 but they are often comprehensive
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DHL / Professional\nTNT is well known.