A non-corporate VMS integrates successive stages of production and distribution under single ownership.
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A conventional distribution channel consists of one or more independent producers, wholesalers, and retailers; each seeking to maximize its own profits, perhaps even at the expense of the system as a whole.
Vertical conflict occurs among firms at the same level of the channel.
Horizontal conflicts are conflicts between different levels of the same channel.
In a direct marketing channel, the producer sells directly to the intermediaries, who in turn sell directly to the customers.