What exactly do you mean here by "marketing"?
You seems to infer most or a lot money were made by distributor and retailer, which is true and obvious. If you try to make a point, that's unfair, then stop.
From the very beginning when a product is made, through distribution, to the end customers, whoever got control will benefit the most, as simple as that. Distributor/wholesaler and retailer deserve their cut, unless you overthrow them. It's last mile and it's local, not only geographically but also cultural wise.
If you say 這兩塊肥田仍然是白種人的絕對領地, 從中想引申出anything, then you have to make it more clear. If you want to win the ultimate 巷戰，one by one, then you fully conquer that country, mentally and physically. Reality is, foreign retailer are not doing well in segmented markets like HK who 哈洋老子 so much. Euro big names are not doing well in US, and US retailers are not doing well in Europe either. Big foreign names are not doing so well in China and Japan.
In US, originally it's center city dominated, like Macy, look at the Sear's tower in Chicago. It's demographics, like London's Harrods and Selfridges, 上海的中百和華聯，日本有八佰伴。Walmart的飛速發展隻是30-40年的事情，again because of demographics, more people moved to suburb. Because of W, M&P are dying. Recently Amazon starts to look like overthrown most those brick and mortar ones. 所以短短一百年內，潮起潮落，有多少player各領風騷幾十年. Where are they right now?
中國人做牛做馬生產MADE IN CHINA幾十年了，除了房地產泡泡外還是一窮二白。80-90年代肥了港澳台的貿易公司。現在肥了歐美分銷商和零售商。……味道怪怪的。
80年代以前，中國大陸是什麽樣，雖然小我還是記得的。肥了港澳台的貿易公司，well they helped you. Do they derserve something? 現在肥了歐美分銷商和零售商, if they don't sell Chinese products, they will sell Japanese and Korean products, are they still going to 肥?
