Book: Sales Management: Shaping future sales leaders, 2nd edition: by Tanner, Honeycutt, and Erffmeyer. Questions: 1. What
Question:
Book: Sales Management: Shaping future sales leaders, 2nd edition: by Tanner, Honeycutt, and Erffmeyer.
Questions:
1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of working through a sales agent network?
2. Who has the power in this case study? The manufacturer or the sales agent? Why?
3. Why would Ashworth want to have all corporate sales representatives?
4. What would you do in Barbara Tice's situation after she received the e-mail?
5. If Sally and Jack Reynolds can no longer sell the Ashworth brand what should their next move be?
6. From an end-customer viewpoint, where do your loyalties lie? Can Sally Reynolds "unsell" them?
7. Why would a change in the alignment of the sales representation save the TaylorMade-Adidas money in this case?
8. What are some of the repercussions for the Ashworth brand if this change in representation moves forward?
9. Before being dropped by TaylorMade-Adidas, do you believe that Sally and Jack Reynolds were loyal to the Ashworth brand, given that they had also represented other product lines?
10. Is there an advantage to having a blended sales force of company salespersons and independent reps? Explain your answer.