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Benefits and costs in direct <strong>marketing</strong><br />

� Labour requirements associated with certain types of direct<br />

<strong>marketing</strong> might be very substantial, e.g., farm shop, farmers’<br />

market, roadside stand require significant amounts of labour<br />

� Whereas labour costs do not appear in a cash flow analysis, it<br />

is an economic cost<br />

� Differs across channels<br />

� Moreover, even when not a cash cost, labour requirements<br />

might have indirect effects on cach income<br />

� Time spent in the farm shop cannot be spent on the field<br />

� Labour flexibility is reduced<br />

Labour<br />

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