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Importance of Advertising

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:30:52+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Commerce Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Econet Advert. Image credit techzim.co.zw ZIMSEC O Level Commerce Notes: Aids to Trade: Advertising

Advertising

Provides information on:
goods available.
Prices of goods
types of goods sold e.g. quality of goods.
Where to buy the goods.
Persuades customers to buy.
Launches new products.
Increases sales.
Increases profits.
Enables a trader to fight competition.
Reminds customers about existing goods […]

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Commerce: Management Functions Introduction
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Commerce: Management Functions Introduction

Notes, O Level Commerce Notes, Ordinary Level Notes

Commerce: Management Functions Introduction

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:21:59+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Commerce Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Commerce Notes: Management Functions: Introduction

No doubt you have heard of people who work as managers within a business
These people carry out management duties in the organisations in which they are employed
It is important to note that depending on an organisation a manager can be known by several titles
Popular titles for […]

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Advice Note

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:09:51+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Commerce Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Advice Note. Image credit Affordablecolourpint.co.uk ZIMSEC O Level Commerce Notes: Advice Note

Is sent by a supplier to a buyer.
It notifies the buyer that goods he/she ordered are now on the way.
It helps the customer to make arrangements to receive the goods.
It gives the buyer to […]

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Night Safe Facilities and Safe Deposit boxes

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:42:16+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Commerce Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Safe Deposit Boxes. Image credit expresspage.net ZIMSEC O Level Commerce Notes: Money and Banking: Night Safe Facilities and Safe Deposit boxes

Night safe- facility

Safe guards money for traders who do their business during the night.
They lock their money in bags or wallets.
The bags are slotted […]

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Department Store

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:22:46+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Commerce Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Greatermans. Image credit finacialgazette.co.zw ZIMSEC O Level Commerce Notes: Retail Trade: Department store

Department store

a multistory building with several shops under one roof
located in the city centre where land is more expensive
sells a wide range of goods in different departments
each department sells one line of goods
the buyer […]

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Bonded Warehouses

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:43:59+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Commerce Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Warehousing|

ZIMRA's bonded warehouse at Chirundu Border Post. Image credit zimboguide.co.zw ZIMRA’s bonded warehouse at Chirundu Border Post. Image credit zimborderguide.co.zw ZIMSEC O Level Commerce Notes: Warehousing: Bonded Warehouses

Bonded warehouses

These are located at ports, boarder posts, large railway stations and big cities.
They are privately owned but supervised by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority […]

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Code of advertising practice

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:13:51+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Commerce Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

ethics-min Image credit gatech.edu ZIMSEC O Level Commerce Notes: Advertising: Code of advertising practice

Code of advertising practice

Its importance

It establishes basic standards of advertising.
It ensures that advertisements are:
legal i.e. they follow the set advertising laws and metes sets out the punishments for transgressors.
Ethical i.e. are they realistic and do they adhere […]

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Ocean Tankers

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:28:19+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Commerce Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Transport|

An oil tanker. Image credit arabiangazette.com ZIMSEC O Level Commerce Notes: Transport: Ocean Tankers

Tankers

They are large in size ranging from a few thousand tons to over 500 000 tons in size.
They are a bulky type of carrier ship that specialise in transporting liquids e.g. […]

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