Towards an ecology of retail financial services : understanding the persistence of door-to-door credit and insurance providers.
The same strategies are also adopted by other selling personnel, such as insurance or other door-to-door salespeople.
Information was gathered via discussions, questionnaires, visits, door-to-door visiting and community events.
The obvious one is the three-day cooling-off period for door-to-door sales.
The greater cost was the time spent on door-to-door campaigning, and participation in blocking roads and other physical efforts.
Old-fashioned door-to-door peddling was also given scope for expansion.
It is available at any hour, provides door-to-door transport, and is a symbol of independence and autonomy (within limitations of cost).
It enlisted the help of thousands of labourers and dealers, making them into an army of door-to-door salesmen for the programme.
