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Case
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Reference no. 9-584-017
Subject category: Marketing
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1983
Version: 20 May 1985
Length: 18 pages
Data source: Field research

Abstract

In May 1983 Ms Katherine O'Brien, Vice President of Marketing, was deciding whether Jamestown should discontinue the use of independent representatives in favor of a direct company salesforce. Jamestown sold informal stoneware dinnerware through department and gift stores. A rewritten version of an earlier case.
Location:
Industry:
Size:
Small, USD11 million sales
Other setting(s):
1983

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Abstract

In May 1983 Ms Katherine O'Brien, Vice President of Marketing, was deciding whether Jamestown should discontinue the use of independent representatives in favor of a direct company salesforce. Jamestown sold informal stoneware dinnerware through department and gift stores. A rewritten version of an earlier case.

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Location:
Industry:
Size:
Small, USD11 million sales
Other setting(s):
1983

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