Most domestic distributors of branded products, such as cars, clothing and cosmetics, are commission agents of foreign distributors or manufacturers.

The GATS covers distribution services, defining them primarily as distribution of goods.

Developing countries seek access to global distribution channels for their goods and services as a means for their effective integration into the global economy.

Retailers are distributors selling to end consumers.

Audiovisual services Certain business practices of distributors of audiovisual services give rise to concern about possible anti competitive behaviour, especially due to the vertical linkages between producers and distributors.

Some distributors have chosen to adopt labour and environmental standards for their suppliers.

Distribution services are important in their own right as a domestic services industry, as well as in their distributive function for goods and services.

Their combined impact minimizes the positive spillover and multiplier effects inherent in tourism and undermines the financial capacity of developing countries and their ability to earmark necessary resources to maintain and upgrade basic infrastructure and quality standards in order to adapt in an adequate way to competitive conditions and international demand.

This document was circulated to all Toyota dealerships and was possible proof of resale price maintenance.

SMEs often account for a large number of firms in distribution services, which at the same time provide employment opportunities for people with a low level of skills, as well as for women.

Liberalization of trade in the distribution market leads to the distribution sector assuming key roles in marketing, designing and branding, and power shifts away from manufacturers.

The liberalization of the distribution sector in China has implied benefits for example, the development of different distribution formats, including specialty stores, the enhancement of local marketing and managerial capacity, and the possibility for domestic manufacturers to enter the international supply chain of foreign retailers (95 per cent of the products distributed by foreign retailers in China are locally sourced and foreign retailers export Chinese products abroad).

Distribution services can be classified according to their position in the distribution chain, their business format, and also the products they supply.

The main market players related to distribution are consumers, retailers, wholesalers and other intermediaries, as well as suppliers of goods and other services.

Some distribution markets have developed along vertical division lines, with specialized retailers and wholesalers around each product, for example in the brand name or automobile markets.

The distribution sector includes commission agents, wholesalers and retailers who act as enablers of trade.

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E commerce is most prominent in manufacturing shipments, followed by wholesale trade (accounting for 21.1 and 13.1 per cent of total sales, respectively).

In distribution of tourism products, the role of wholesalers continues to be important, along with the emerging trend towards on line retailing of tourist packages.

The distribution of tourism information and products over the Internet is the main area where technological innovation has had the most profound impact on tourism enterprises (producers and distributors).

In some cases, distributors have an obligation to pay a portion of their receipts into a fund responsible for the production and broadcasting of national programmes.

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In relation to certain categories of goods, for example capital goods, distribution services do not necessarily play an important role.

Positive measures at the policy level need to be put in place to translate these potential benefits into capacity building for domestic providers of distribution services.

This initiative is already under way through partnerships with commercial distributors and will be further expanded with the creation of a dedicated platform for the sale of United Nations publications, planned for early 2006.

Franchising is classified as a subsector of distribution services, but in practice it is a business format.

Its key objectives included the establishment of a common system of practice for Australian chemical manufacturers, importers and distributors of scientific equipment and instrument suppliers.

The arbitral court distinguished between the sale of goods and the sale of rights and held that the CISG was not applicable since the contract at issue dealt with the sale of rights and thus did not fall within the ambit of the CISG (article 1(1)(a) CISG) .

Its membership consists of growers, product marketing organizations and growers' cooperatives, food manufacturers and retailers.

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54. SPOT Image was one of the major companies acting as a distributor of remote sensing data and information.

The ISCO categories Clerks' and Service workers and shop and market sales workers' are very much female dominated.

The KFTC, however, decided that there are great concerns about competition restriction through control over the distribution network because the beer and soju markets use the same distribution channel (liquor wholesalers).

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They have also voiced particular concern in relation to distribution of agricultural products, including the prohibition on the establishment of commercial presence by intermediaries or distributors of agricultural products and improved commitments with regard to the presence of natural persons.

They are either broad line distributors, dealing with a wide range of products, or product specialized wholesalers.

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