dual distribution

"And if there really is this dual distribution system going on out there, we should know about it."

Q. Is dual distribution still valid in these turbulent times for retailing?

Smaller furriers have turned to dual distribution.

I think if bookstores would come up with a dual distribution, people might take to it (instant download to your device anyone?)

A. No matter what we call it, dual distribution or verticalization, I suspect that both trends will grow.

"If you're truly going to develop a brand, you need dual distribution," Mr. Peterman said in an interview at his headquarters here.

Japan should remove its restrictions on banking, she said, and Japanese companies "should be setting up dual distribution systems, for American and Japanese products, as we do."

"We're looking at this as a key change in direction for us now and looking at our programming as dual distribution programming-over the air and on the Internet," Pollack said.

LEAD: The Hartmarx Corporation is divesting itself of 65 men's wear stores that it considers marginal, but it remains committed to the concept of dual distribution, in which a manufacturer also owns and operates retail stores.