Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
force de vente louée
English translation:
contract sales force
French term
force de vente louée
"En effet, le Service considère que la recherche de sociétés comparables menée par SAS X France en avril 2007 dans le cadre de l’établissement de sa politique de prix de transfert n’est pas pertinente. Pour se faire, le Service estime que les sociétés comparables initialement retenues, i.e. principalement des répartiteurs pharmaceutiques, ne supportent pas les mêmes risques que SAS X France et, par conséquent, ne sont pas comparables à cette dernière dont l’activité se rapproche « d’une force de vente louée à laquelle s’ajoute une administration des ventes et un service après-vente."
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rkillings
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| 4 +2 | Contract Sale Organisation |
cfraser
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fk1975
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| 4 | a contracted out/third party sales force |
Jack Dunwell
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Proposed translations
contract sales force
You do need to focus on the sales force specifically, because sales admin and after-sales services are also mentioned. CSO and sales services cover the whole shebang.
hired sales services
Contract Sale Organisation
The model is quite common among eg. big pharma companies for sales/marketing of products in diverse global markets.
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Note added at 30 mins (2010-02-08 16:30:51 GMT)
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I meant "Contract Sales Organisation"
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Travelin Ann
: that seems right, based on the usage I found
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Catharine Cellier-Smart
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Colin Smith
: Contract sales implies that X has outsourced its sales to a single organisation. This may be so, but source doesn't say as much. It may simply be that their sales staff work for X as self-employed individuals on a commission-only basis.
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