Tuesday, November 15

Topic

  • The Road to Retail: Online and Offline

Objective

  • To discuss how companies can bring consumer products to market most effectively through online and offline channels of distribution

Readings

  • Search Factiva for articles to inform your answers to the questions below

Discussion Questions

  1. List and describe three Factiva searches you conducted that proved useful.
  2. In what ways did the COVID-19 pandemic accelerate the shift in consumer spending from offline to online channels of distribution?
  3. Where has the balance of consumer spending between online and offline purchases settled since governments’ responses to the pandemic was at its peak in 2020 and 2021?

Assignments Due

  • Answers to today’s discussion questions
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Assignments Made

  • Answers to the discussion questions for our next session of marketing