Case Problem 1: CONSOLIDATED FOODS‚ INC. Consolidated Foods operates a chain of supermarkets in three cities. A promotional campaign has advertised the chain’s offering of a credit card policy whereby Consolidated Foods’ consumers have the option of paying for their purchases with credit cards‚ such as Visa and Master Card‚ in addition to the usual options of cash or personal check (cheque). The policy is being implemented on a trial basis with the hope that the credit card option will encourage
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For this assignment I contacted Consolidated Communications to negotiate a credit for the 12 days we were left without internet or cable service. A. How did you prepare for this negotiation in advance? I reviewed all of my notes from the service outages we have experienced in the past 6 months. On the last outage a customer service manager was supposed to get back to me discuss the problems I was having with my service. I never heard from the customer service manager and was going to probably
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1--------------------------------------------------- Boston Beer‚ in response to consumers’ preference changes to more flavorful and bitter tasting brews‚ was founded in 1894. Boston Beer implements a “quality at any cost” strategy with a strong emphasis on product differentiation and implementing quality ingredients into its products. For instance‚ Boston Beer was the first company to employ a stamped freshness date on its bottles and ingredients are imported from around the world. Additionally‚ Boston Beer relies heavily on contract
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Enemy mine Fiction or Reality? Description Enemy mine is an excellent movie of scientific fiction made in 1985 in which two involved warriors in a wild future war between the Earth and the Dracon planet‚ where in a middle of a spaceship fight they are forced to land in a desolate and inhospitable planet. The principle‚ the human being (Dennis Quaid) and its enemy‚ a foreign reptile (Louis Gosset‚ Jr) are determined to mutual destruction
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Cunard Line‚ Ltd. Entered in the cruise and steamship business in 1840 and currently offers cruising on seven ships with 5 in the luxury category and 2 in the premium category. Each cruise has its own distinctive image and positioning. As far as its customers are concerned 95% of the customers are from America and Europe. The total cruise industry consisted of approx. 4 million boardings per year. Of this luxury segment comprised 8% that is 320 thousand. Cunard estimates that it has a 50 % market
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Economies of scale: The increase in efficiency of production as the number of goods being produced increases. Government policies: restrictions on advertising leading to surrogate ADVT.‚ polic ies which make it difficult for expansion of companies. Access to distribution channels: cost of distribution in this industry needs to be looked at logically. If firms in this industry carries significant costs from distribution which are then reflected in their prices to customers‚ the customers
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Asian Paints Ltd Profile : Asian Paints Limited was established way back on February 1‚1942 and today stands as India’s largest paint company and Asia’s third largest paint company with an annual turnover of Rs 5‚463 crore. Presently the company is having its presence in 22 countries with 28 manufacturing locations‚ over 2500 SKU’s‚ Integrated SAP - ERP & i2 - SCM solution. Besides Asian Paints‚ the group operates around the world through its subsidiaries Berger International‚ Apco
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BILLABONG INTERNATIONAL LTD Completed as part of the requirements for ‘Corporate Finance’‚ 25765 Contents 1.0 Introduction 1 2.0 Executive Summary 1 3.0 Capital Structure 2 3.1 Types of Funding Utilised by Billabong 3 3.2 Recent trend in the level of leverage 3 3.3 Capital expenditure and financing: 5 3.4 Capital Structure of Similar Firms 6 3.5 Company Characteristics and Leverage policy 7 3.5.1 Taxes 8 3.5.2 Trade off Model 8 3.5.3 Pecking Order of Financing Choices 9 3.5.4 Signalling
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements Note 1 Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Principles (10 items) Description of Business The Open-Road Motorcycle Company is the largest online retailer of salvage title motorcycles. We are focused on bringing the customer the best value on entry level motorcycles by providing lower prices than our competitors. Our motorcycles are sold all over the United States‚ and we currently have 30 stores all across the country. Property‚ Plant
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Company Overview Helen of Troy Limited is a global designer‚ developer‚ importer‚ and distributor of an expanding portfolio of brand-name consumer products. The Company operates in three segments: Personal Care‚ Housewares and Healthcare. Its Personal Care segment’s products include electric hair care‚ beauty care and wellness appliances; grooming tools and accessories; and liquid‚ solid- and powder-based personal care and grooming products. Its Housewares segment provides a broad range of consumer
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