This article has surveyed seven decades of channel management research from a methodology perspective. Overall, it is exciting to see how the early conceptual studies by pioneers such as Bucklin and Stern have stimulated subsequent empirical and analytical work. Clearly, a process of broadening (additional domains, more complex issues) and deepening (rigorous methods, narrow analytical studies) in channel management research can be detected. In closing, based on our review of the literature as well as observations by the marketing channel experts we interviewed, we believe there will be a high payoff from greater emphasis on the following methodologies in future channels research: