GATS defines supply of service in its Article XXVIII (b) as production, distribution, marketing, sale and delivery of service.

Following the GATS services sectoral classification, distribution services include commission agents' services, wholesale trade services, retailing services, and franchising.

These include travel agents, airlines and other service and marketing entities.

Distribution in services

So, in some sense, a lot of marketing is about convincing a CEO, This is a good ad campaign.

In most developing countries, distribution services retain a dual structure, with traditional and modern market segments.

Most of the off line and on line marketing and distribution of tourism in developing countries is currently carried out by service providers based in developed countries.

Some have even designed policies and new services to attract women as customers.

Camp services

BPO is now extensively applied to a variety of corporate functions, including information technology management, call centre operations, medical analysis, finance, banking, accounting, insurance services, mortgage services, human resource activities, sales and marketing, software development, web related services and customer services.

Expert Meeting on Distribution Services

Commission agents' services, wholesale trade services, retailing services, and franchising

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

The three leading service industries in the period were financial services and leasing (12 per cent), hotels and tourism (11 per cent), and trading and marketing (6 per cent) (annex table 1).

Distribution services are dominated by wholesale and retail services.

Distribution of services Selected case studies

2. ACTIVITIES IN MANUFACTURING, DISTRIBUTION AND SERVICES

The above mentioned programme started in the beginning of 2002 and was completed by the end of 2004, financed by 70 by the European Union and by 30 by the Greek Public Sector.

In addition, natural persons move abroad to provide franchising consultancy services and as sales representatives.

Tourism services The distribution of tourism services relies on different distribution channels.

The franchisee sells goods or services that meet the franchisor's quality standards and operates under the franchisor's trademarks.

Government regulations with respect to large scale operations, zoning laws, hours of operation, etc., also influence the structure of these services.

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

(vi) Whether a timely revocation service is offered

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The timely and proper execution of these strategies will maintain the needed service level to sales partners and ensure that the cost of goods remain in balance with the sales income from PSD cards and gift products.

And services permitting orientation towards more rational and healthier dietary patterns, such as the sale of staple foods, consumer goods for the home, economical and balanced nutrition, tourism centres, funeral services, etc.

global sales of telecommunications equipment and services, 1990 2000

Distribution of other services Audiovisual and tourism

Classification, definition and scope of distribution services

Measures need to be put in place and liberalization needs to follow a proper sequencing to ensure that local providers still have a niche and an opportunity to grow and that adjustment costs, including social impact, are kept to a minimum.

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

In most developing countries there are enormous expansion possibilities due to the low level of development of modern distribution services.

The marketing department thus became responsible for the marketing and sale of all products and services from TSS.

Distribution services are the single most important services sector in terms of employment generation.

Assessment of developments in the global markets of distribution services

Distribution services

One of the explanations is that Governments in developing countries tend to focus their attention on the development of manufacturing and agricultural activities, not these related to services.

Service Module 4 Private sector development

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In addition, multilateral discussions on distribution services are somewhat limited (for example, there is no friends group specifically for distribution services).

Regulatory issues Distribution services are affected by general laws and regulations as well as by specific domestic regulations targeting these activities (table 6).

Commission agents' services (CPC 621) Wholesale trade services (CPC 622) Retailing services (CPC 631 632 6111 6113 6121) Franchising (CPC 8929) Other

Distribution services are at the core of the logistics chain through which markets materialize.