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...General Motors to buy out their independent dealers and form separate equity-o... This study was written for the Independent Insurance Agents of America (II...
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... providers. Furthermore, many are consolidating and becoming super-retailers to counterbalance the power of bigger airlines and global alliances. The exclusive franchise system that has served the automobile industry for generations is giving way to the popularity of auto superstores such as CarMax and AutoNation, a consequence of channel consolidation and rising consumer expectations. This recent transformation is propelling auto makers such as Ford and General Motors to buy out their independent dealers and form separate equity-owned distribution companies, similar to what Coca-Cola did with its independent bottlers through the creation of Coca-Cola Enterprises in the mid-1980s. This research study attempts to uncover the changes that have occurred in other industries confronted by the same drivers of change. We chose travel agencies, personal-computer dealers, securities brokerages, and automobile dealers for the reasons discussed above. We also interviewed independent insurance ... advances in technology, regulation, and rising consumer expectations and empowerment. Interestingly, these are the same forces that are already impacting other industries in profound ways. Financial pressures in the personal computer industry caused by declining margins, rapid product obsolescence, and growth of the consumer market created havoc among franchised distribution companies such as ComputerLand and Entre. This resulted in the formation of a two-tier distribution system (distributors and dealers) as a means of addressing both financial constraints and market demand. Now companies such as Dell and Gateway are trying to shift the distribution system further by selling directly to end users. The rapid growth of the Internet is clearly responsible for the unprecedented market cap of Charles Schwab in contrast to the largest securities brokerage firm, Merrill Lynch. Electronic trading, available 24 hours a day ...
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... as repetitive stress syndrome, independent contractor regulations, hiring und...
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... be dramatic. The nearly 40,000 independent insurance agents and brokers natio...h joint ventures between banks and independent agencies have a less-than-impre...
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...nd challenges for the owners of independent agencies. The successful agency p...emands, agents must be more than distributors. In addition to selling insuran...
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...minated, but a growing group of independent agents or 'brokers' began to emerg... is whether these non-traditional distributors will be able to render the same...
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...a tremendous disservice to the independent insurance agent if we create addit... insurance companies, as well as distributors, consultants, and others.
Ther...
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... chapters and their member banks? If you paid agents a commission per newletter to get banks to use your newsletters, might you make more sales? How do you manage/report/monitor (measure results)? Are all these efforts working? If yes, why? If not, why not? To use the MGM Marketing Process to market your products and services to, say, an independent agency you need to ask yourself these questions: Who is your customer? Banks, agents working with banks, joint ventures, vendors and suppliers to these new systems. What kind of information do they want or need? Distinguish between the external customer and the internal customer, such as an employee or the board. What products do you offer that meet these wants and needs? At what ... is the most important step! Henry Ford's genius lay not in the creation of the assembly line, but in his discovery that at $500 he could sell an unlimited number of cars. The assembly line evolved as the only way to build a $500 car. A change in pricing is creating a revolution. We've been operating under the old process of cost-based pricing, in which manufacturers and distributors add up all of their costs, add a profit to the total-and arrive at their price. In reality, a limited number of providers offered products to a mass market, and they could charge what they wanted. Now we're moving from cost-based pricing to price-driven costing. By establishing a price, the marketplace will dictate the qualityof the product. Technology, a more sophisticated consumer, intense competition ...
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...o known as Rich or Dick. I'm an independent agent. I represent the customer, n...
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...., Inc. (Brockton, MA), a large independent gasoline distributor.
“To earn a g...