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- Distribution channel: the way products get from the supplier/manufacturer to the store
- Gross domestic product: total value of goods produced and services provided in a country during one year
- Gross value added: measure of the value of goods and services produced in an area, industry sector of an economy
- Vendor: a person or company offering something for sale
- Components: part or element of a larger scale
- Strategy: play of action designed to achieve a long term or overall aim
- Export: send goods or services to another country for sale, product sold abroad
- Agent: a sale and design team that acts as a go to between factories and retailers
- Critical path: series of paths that must be done in order to complete a project
- Marcomms: marketer and PR
- Raw materials: the basic material from which a product is made
- Direct supply: retailer has total control of the process. Retailer arranges own transport and duty and sends all information to the supplier
- Internal communication: exchange of information that takes place within an organisation
- External communication: exchange of information that takes place outside of an organisation
- Lateral communication: when people at the same level pass information to eachother
- Vertical communication: information is passed up or down the chain of command