Distribution Channels
-- Casual Living, 11/1/2009
- Department stores: Includes Sears, as well as full-line department stores, such as JCPenney, Macy's and Bloomingdale's.
- Direct-to-consumer: Includes retailers with primary distribution through the Internet, catalogs, television and/or home parties.
- Discount department stores: Includes discount department stores and supercenters such as Wal-Mart, Target, Kmart, Meijer, Fred Meyer, close-out retailers such as Big Lots and Tuesday Morning, dollar stores, such as Family Dollar and Dollar General, and a variety of other discount formats such as Kohl's, T.J. Maxx and Garden Ridge.
- Home improvement centers: Includes big box home improvement centers, such as Lowe's and Home Depot, as well as Menard's and other local home improvement stores.
- Specialty stores: Includes casual furniture specialists, hearth & patio specialists, pool & patio specialists and grill specialists, most of which are local retailers.
- Warehouse membership clubs: Includes the membership warehouse clubs of Sam's Club, Costco and BJ's Wholesale Club.
- Other: Varies for each product category. Often includes furniture stores, garden centers, feed & seed stores, hardware stores, supermarkets, drug stores, interior designers and other minor outlets, including custom made, museum shops, road-side stands, gas stations, antique shops, home accent stores, awning specialists, utility companies, propane dealers, builders and appliance dealers.
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