Explanation:
(a) Channels of Distribution for Consumer Products

Manufacturer -Consumer
Manufacturer- Wholesaler - Consumer
Manufacturer-Retailer -Consumer
Manufacturer - Wholesaler - Retailer -Consumer
Manufacturer-Agent- Wholesaler- Retailer-Consumer
Manufacturer-Distributor - Wholesaler-Retailer-Consumer
Manufacturer -Agent- Consumer.


(b) of Four Pricing Strategies:

Cost: Plus pricing method/markup pricing strategy: With this method, the firm calculates cost of producing the product and adds a percentage profit to get the price.
Geographical pricing: With this method, different prices are set for the same product n different locations.
Prestige pricing: This is used to create a high image for a product by pricing it high. For most people, a high quality product must be associated with high cost.
Customary Pricing: This is where firms are rather traditional in their approach to prices. Such firms would adjust the products in terms of size and content rather than changing the prices.
Promotional pricing: It is setting a lower price for certain products to encourage customers to buy the product.
Target rate-of-return: The price is set by adding a desired return on investment to the cost product.
Premium pricing: This is setting higher than competitors during the introduction the product.
Market penetratior: This is Setting price lower than competitors to attract buyers
Psychological pricing: The price is set so as to encourage customers to buy a product on the basis of emotion than logic.
Price lining: This is setting of different prices for products within a specific group.
Price leadership strategy: This is setting a product price at a level of the market leader's price.
Loss leadership strategy: This is setting a price below cost so as to attract prospective buyers to buy other products in the shop.
Competitive bidding pricing strategy: This is setting a price at the lowest offer of a bidder in relation to other bidders.