Whitney Williams MKT 428 MW 2:00-3:15 September 20‚ 2008 The Brita Products Company John Deighton January 15‚ 2002 1. To what do you attribute Brita’s success? • It is owned by a well established and successful company‚ Clorox. • They own a large amount of market share. • Each pitcher sale starts a flow of filter sales. • Their customer lifetime value was remarkable. The retention rate is also a high 80%. • They didn’t give up in the early years when sales were very slow because
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The Repo Market Background The repo market – from “sale and repurchase” agreement – was introduced by the US Federal Reserve in 1918 as the main tool of the Federal Reserve’s Money Market Operations. Repos were used to drain liquidity from the US banking system and to add liquidity as required. The size of the Repo Market: Gross amounts outstanding at year end 2007 of roughly $10 trillion (double counting of repos and reverse repos) in the US (70% of US GDP) and €6 trillion in the Euro Repo
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2011). It is also one of the main export industries of the country‚ with an industry growth rate of 5.2%. The Sri Lankan Economy is heavily dependent on the apparel export for both employment and foreign exchange earnings (Kelegama‚ 2005). The export market of Sri Lankan Clothes primarily consist of the US and Europe. However the industry is facing stiff competition in the region and it needs to improve its performance to compete with its larger rivals (Weerarantne‚ 2004). In order to counter this Government
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focus and innovation‚ the AmBank Group continues to serve its customers with a wide range of innovative products and services. 2. Astro Holdings Sdn Bhd Astro Holdings Sdn Bhd is a Malaysia investment holding media and entertainment company that began in the form of a pay digital direct broadcast satellite radio and television service‚ Astro. 3. Celcom Axiata Berhad Through the Mobile Numbering Portability by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission‚ CELCOM also
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Industrial Market Vs Consumer Market Market Structure Understanding Industrial markets Industrial Market Geographically conc. Fewer buyers (relatively) Big buyers ( small number of large buyers) Consumer Markets Geographically dispersed Mass markets Free Market (large number of buyers) 1 Industrial Market Vs Consumer Market Market Structure - Example Understanding Industrial markets Industrial Market ( Rutile for Paints) Major ten cities. Fewer buyers (example 500) Oligopolistic buyers with
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against drunken driving. (-) P Economic crisis in Europe (-) Pub (retailer) are closing assively in Uk (and Europe) (-) Rate Beer consummation per capita decrease but varies widely between countries Development of BRIC and US market (+) E Economy Increasing awareness of the effect affect on health and fitness: “Binge drinking” (-) Wine is becoming popular in northern countries (-) The of trade is increased from 63 of volume (2000) to 67% in 2008 whereas
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Week 7 Chapter 6: Investors in the Share Market True/False QUESTIONS 1. Investing in shares of publicly listed corporations should‚ on average‚ over time provide a higher return than investing in fixed-interest securities. a. True b. False 2. Investments through a stock exchange are limited to ordinary shares issued by listed corporations. a. True b. False 3. Portfolio theory contends that a diversified share portfolio enables an investor to significantly reduce the portfolio’s exposure to systematic
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30.85% from 2007 to 2011. Cost of sales also increased during that period‚ but at lower rate of 27.30%‚ what helped in additional improvement of gross profit. AutoZone’s increasing operating profit indicates the efficiency and profitability of the company. Further‚ the increase of operating profit led to the slight increase of operating margin‚ from 17.10% in 2007 to 18.52% in 2011. One financial measure that is strongly related to the stock price performance is EPS. EPS‚ a key driver of stock price
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Discuss the influence that high frequency trading algorithms have had on asset markets. The objective of this study is to understand the rapid changes in the asset market as a result of High Frequency Trading. HFT influences various factors such as price‚ liquidity‚ welfare etc. To begin with the basic concept‚ an asset market is where an individual attains contractual right to a wealth that is either bought or sold. Common examples of assets are stocks‚ bonds‚ mortgages etc. The latest technological
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How are target markets selected? The selection of target markets is the second major phase of the STP process‚ as shown in the diagram below. (Where STP stands for segmentation‚ targeting and positioning.) As shown‚ firms initially segment the market and‚ as part of this process‚ construct segment profiles for each segment. Included in a segment profile is a detailed description of the segment‚ along with various size and profit measures. Using this information in conjunction with the firm’s
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