31.   Dell can afford to sell its products for less than competitors who deal with the distribution channel.

32.   Distribution channels are poised to get better, though.

33.   Distribution channels in Latin America are often fragmented, and in much of the region, the informal economy is huge.

34.   Even with three shifts running seven days a week, its factory outside Salt Lake City cannot get Zips into the distribution channels fast enough.

35.   Estee Lauder, for example, has become a global juggernaut by using its stock and cash to diversify not only its product lines but also its distribution channels.

36.   First Choice also lacks a guaranteed distribution channel for its brochures.

37.   Fleet can get some added shelf-space for its products with its new distribution channel, but not a lot more, they say.

38.   Fidelity also appointed Kevin Kelly, president of its Canadian operations, to oversee the third distribution channel, known as the Financial Intermediary Services group.

39.   For The Hartford, the alliance creates one more distribution channel to sell its products.

40.   Furthermore, many clone makers plan to sell their systems through the mail, a distribution channel virtually closed to Apple because of its dependence on traditional retailers.