Intensive distribution is a kind of distribution when the majority of resellers stock the commodities (with convenience products, for instance, and particularly the brand leaders in consumer products markets) price competition may be obvious.
Selective distribution is the normal pattern (in both consumer and industrial markets) where ’suitable’ resellers stock the goods.
Exclusive distribution is a case when only specially selected resellers or authorized dealers (normally only one per geographical area) are permitted to sell the ‘product’. Frequently this form of distribution stipulates the contracted resellers are not able to offer competing products.