What are the three types of nonstore retailing? Give examples of each.

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The Answer is Direct marketing, direct selling, and vending are the three types of nonstore retailing.
Direct marketing is the use of telephone, Internet, and nonpersonal media to communicate product and organizational information to customers, who can purchase products via mail, telephone, or the Internet. Direct marketing can occur through catalog marketing, direct-response marketing, telemarketing, television home shopping, and online retailing. Companies such as Land's End, Pottery Barn, and Crate & Barrel, sell via catalogs, online, and through retail stores. The Home Shopping Network originated and popularized the television home shopping format.
Direct selling is the marketing of products to ultimate consumers through face-to- face sales presentations at home or in the workplace. The top five global direct selling companies are Avon, Amway, Herbalife, Natura Cosmeticos, and Vorwerk & Co. Product categories that have been highly successful for direct selling include cosmetics and personal-care products, health products, jewelry, accessories, and household products.
Automatic vending is the use of machines to dispense products. It is one of the most impersonal forms of retailing and accounts for a small minority of all retail sales.
InstyMeds vending machines dispense prescription medications to customers, and fishermen in Pennsylvania can even buy live bait via PA Live Bait Vending.

What Are the Three Types of Nonstore Retailing? Give Examples