Keys to success

Respect the desires of the consumer

High-quality, low-cost, fashionable products

Develop suitable distribution channels

Micro-entrepreneur model

Mobile Unit model

Mass retail model

Market appropriately

Understand needs of local markets (market research)

Tailor marketing/promotion activities to rural communities

Radio ads, word of mouth, Peace Corps volunteers, business associations

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Notes

Poor ? junk, "vanity is not monopolized by the rich"; explain channels - ME "screen, determine, sell & refer" - Mobile Unit - peri-urban, high-volume, factories