Name and define the four types of utility created by marketing channels.

What will be an ideal response?


Marketing channels create four types of utility: time, place, possession, and form. Time utility refers to making products available when the customer wants them. Place utility is making products available in locations where customers wish to purchase them. Possession utility means that the customer has access to the product to use or to store for future use. Possession utility can occur through ownership or through arrangements that give the customer the right to use the product, such as a lease or rental agreement. Channel members sometimes create form utility by assembling, preparing, or otherwise refining the product to suit individual customer needs.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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makes a $10,000 loan to the partnership when it needs working capital. When the partnership is dissolved, its assets are $50,000, and its debts are $8,000. How should the assets be distributed?

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