Kyle Qualizza English 104 2/8/10 Gatorade One of the most dominating keys in today’s business world can easily be seen through the Gatorade Company. Their products have become extremely popular to the world‚ keeping their competition in the dust. Ordinary businesses struggle to retain their name on the board with this eminent company in the way‚ and for obvious reasons: excellent advertisement. Forty-five years have passed since the creation of this ultimate athletic drink‚ and Gatorade
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"The Happy Man’s Shirt" - an Italian Folktale‚ retold. Once there was a king named Giphad. He ruled over a very peaceful yet powerful kingdom. His people all loved and adored him. All was perfect in his kingdom. Except for his son‚ Jonash. The king’s son was very unhappy for no known reason. He would always sit in his room staring blankly out the window over the lands‚ frowning. The king addressed his son: "What on earth has upset you‚ Jonash? What is it that you lack? What is making you so
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In the Italian tale‚ The Happy Man’s Shirt‚ one of the themes is that happiness is not defined by what a person has. An example of this is at the beginning‚ when the king realizes that his son is always unhappy. “‘What on earth do you lack?’ asked the king. ‘What’s wrong with you?’ ‘I don’t even know myself‚ Father.’ ‘Are you in love? If there’s a particular girl you fancy‚ tell me‚ and I’ll arrange for you to marry her‚ no matter whether she’s the daughter of the most powerful king on earth or the
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iniBruce Stillman I researched a very talented man named Bruce Stillman‚ Bruce began sculpting his junior year in high school. His high school art teacher recalls‚ “He was always evolving‚ constantly exploring new ideas. I simply lit the fuse and Bruce went off to create one concept after another. He was introduced to stainless steel through a friend dealing in scrap metal and liked the balancing characteristics and luster of the metal for his rocking sculpture designs. His early pieces were
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http://www.bized.ac.uk Pricing Strategies Copyright 2006 – Biz/ed http://www.bized.ac.uk Pricing Strategies Copyright 2006 – Biz/ed http://www.bized.ac.uk Penetration Pricing Copyright 2006 – Biz/ed http://www.bized.ac.uk Penetration Pricing • Price set to ‘penetrate the market’ • ‘Low’ price to secure high volumes • Typical in mass market products – chocolate bars‚ food stuffs‚ household goods‚ etc. • Suitable for products with long anticipated life cycles
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Pricing Decisions are decisions faced by top management and marketing managers. How much to charge for a product or service depends on a multitude of factors such as competition‚ cost‚ advertising‚ and sales promotion. Economic theory suggests that the best price for a product or service is the one that maximizes the difference between total revenue and total costs. However‚ in reality‚ the price charged is usually some form of cost-plus‚ which is later adjusted for market conditions and competition
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Executive Shirt Company‚ Inc HBR Case Study Existing Business • Executive Shirt Company (ESC) provides high-quality‚ competitively-priced men’s dress shirts • With the existing production system‚ custom-made shirts demand at least 75% higher price compared to off-the-shelf shirts • Customers are required to wait 6 weeks or longer to receive custom-sized shirts Expansion of Business • General Manager Dwight Collier decided to expand company’s product line • Several retailers expressed enthusiasm
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What are the possible financial outcomes if George orders 5‚000 shirts‚ 7‚500 shirts and 10‚000 shirts‚ respectively? Based on the information given in the case‚ the expected number of attendees is: E(x) = 80‚000*0.25 + 50‚000*0.5 + 20‚000*0.25 = 50‚000 people Selling price per shirt: $100/12 = $8.33 Discount price: $1.5 Scenario 1: Assumption: George orders 5000 T-shirts; cost: $17‚750; the number of attendees buy his T-shirts are 5%‚ 10% and 15% respectively The possible financial outcomes
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manufactures and designs special events T-shirts. He has owned this lucrative T-shirt business for six years and designed T-shirts for “special events” such as rock concerts‚ major sporting events‚ and special fund-raising events‚ provided cleverly designed‚ well-produced‚ and reasonably priced products. His product was not endorsed by event sponsors. He sold the shirts to his regular crew of vendors for $100 per dozen‚ and these vendors sold the public for $10 per shirt. Apart from this he was distributing
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