Most products come though a channel of distribution which is a bunch of firms getting the product from where the product's raw materials are obtained all the way tho showing them in retail outlets and using personal selling to close sales. Why are all of thees people involved? Doesn't that just raise prices? Pick a product and line out its channel of distribution from raw materials to the finished product being shown in a retail outlet through personal selling. Should each of these companies and people have been involved? Why or why not? Who should be in a channel of distribution and why? What happens if they are not in the channel?