direct marketing

noun
marketing direct to the consumer, as by direct mail or coupon advertising.
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direct marketing
 
n
Also called: direct selling selling goods directly to consumers rather than through retailers, usually by mail order, direct-mail shot, newspaper advertising, door-to-door selling, telephone selling, the internet, or television home-shopping channels

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Main Entry:  direct marketing
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  the business of attempting to sell goods and services directly to customers either through mail order or telephone sales rather than in a retail establishment
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Besides, direct marketing is gradually killing the advertiser-support model anyway.
For example, some of the world's largest retailers have been using customer data successfully for direct marketing campaigns.
To encourage co-operation he has pooled the accounts of the agency's biggest divisions, advertising and direct marketing.
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