each. HUL’s approximate market share in toilet soaps is 46% and about 36% in detergents. Analysts said the company will have better pricing power in the key business while volume growth in these categories too is estimated to be in double digits. After discounting prices on toilet soaps and detergents to grow volumes‚ the company in FY11‚ took a corrective pricing action in both categories‚ as input costs rose. According to annual report‚ the company had lost around 590 basis points (bps) of market
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Helsinki‚ Finland 2005 Producer price index for services Pricing methods by Aurél Kenessey (CBS‚ Netherlands) Benoît Buisson (INSEE‚ France) Richard McKenzie (OECD) 2 1. Introduction The term pricing method in the context of compiling price indices would probably be regarded by most price statisticians as a common concept. However when one attempts to find a definition for this concept‚ or indeed a definition for various types of pricing methods‚ the inadequacy of the current literature becomes
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discussion of adopting transfer pricing regime in Bangladesh and needed initiatives for it. In this regard it is necessary first to develop clear perception about the concepts related with the issue. Keeping in view this need this section consists of review of the literature that is focused on how to adopt transfer pricing regime in Bangladesh‚ what initiatives to follow to adopting transfer pricing regime. The section further unfolds the impacts of transfer pricing regime in Bangladesh and then discusses
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or Cost-Reimbursement Contract Willie Glover BUS 501 February 20‚ 2011 Dr. Nick Nayak Abstract Fixed-price contracts and cost-reimbursements are two different forms of contracts used by the federal government while determining contract pricing. Contracting officers may use either when contracting however there are several types of fixed-price contracts. Fixed-price type of contracts provide for a firm price or an adjustable price. Fixed-price contracts consist of firm-fixed-price contracts
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Executive summary Vodafone AirTouch‚ one of the world’s leading international mobile telecommunications companies‚ was considering launching a formal hostile bid for Mannesmann‚ a German telecommunications company which is also among the largest telecommunications companies in Europe. If this come true‚ it will become the largest hostile takeover in the world. But now we are facing one of the biggest problems during this process---valuation of Mannesmann. After our discussion‚ we decide to use
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Predatory pricing is a practice in which a company attempts to gain control of a market by cutting its prices to levels well below those of competitors‚ so that those competitors go out of business because they cannot match those prices‚ or they cannot sustain lowered prices because they lack capital. This tactic is illegal in many regions of the world‚ although it can be very difficult to prove that a company is really engaging in predatory pricing. Some economists have suggested that this practice
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Transportation Cost & Pricing Transportation Cost & Pricing Compare and contrast the cost structures of rail‚ motor carriers‚ and air. When you compare the rail cost structure to that of the cost structures of the motor‚ and air carriers‚ you will see that the rail carriers have a high structure cost. “One of the characteristics of railroads as previously noted is the level of fixed costs present in their cost structures.” (Coyle‚ 2011) These fixed cost exists because the ownership of
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Vodafone and Airtel- A study of the brand positioning of two brands from the same product category. VODAFONE Vodafone Essar‚ formerly known as Hutchison Essar is a cellular operator in India that covers 23 telecom circles in India based in Mumbai.Vodafone Essar is owned by Vodafone 67% and Essar Group 33%. It is the second largest mobile phone operator in terms of revenue behind Bharti Airtel‚ and third largest in terms of customers. Segmentation Vodafone segments its target users by Income
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production of goods and services‚ and involves the responsibility of ensuring that business operations are efficient and effective. It is the management of resources‚ the distribution of goods and services to customers‚ and the analysis of queue systems. Pricing is one of the four p ’s of the marketing mix The effective price is the price the company receives after accounting for discounts‚ promotions‚ and other incentives. Price lining is the use of a limited number of prices for all your product offerings
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=((90-52)/52)/((50-75) /75)= -2.19‚ |Ed| is larger than 1. It means that consumers are really sensitive to price changes. In this condition‚ the market was highly price sensitive and a low price stimulates market growth. So it could set price by market-penetration pricing. Bennett hoped to earn a return of 15% on the selling price. 1. If he set the price according to Sanyo’s landed price‚ then the price could be $309. 2. If he set the price based on the school’s revenue‚ then the price could be: 90% students used
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