The paper is about the issue of myopic pricing in a distribution channel composed of a unique retailer and two competing manufacturers. The manufacturers supply to the unique retailer two different brands belonging to the same product category. Both manufacturers and the retailer decide the transfer and the retail prices...
Asymmetric pricing is the phenomenon where prices rise more readily than they fall. This report articulates, and provides empirical support for, a theory of asymmetric pricing in wholesale prices. In particular, it shows how wholesale prices may be asymmetric in the small but symmetric in the large, when retailers face...
This paper quantifies the price effect of a low-cost entrant on retail prices using a case-study approach. It considers the effect of Wal-Mart entry on average city-level prices of various consumer goods by exploiting variation in the timing of store entry. The analysis combines two unique data sets, one containing...
Central to the development of any model of retail and supplier price determination, therefore, is an understanding of how pricing strategies influence, how and where, prices are determined. This report describes the price formation in semi-perishable produce markets. This report summarizes that fresh fruit prices tend to be formed at...
In 1996, the government of California approved a law purporting to deregulate the electricity market. The legislation, however, deregulated only the wholesale price, the amount power generators could charge California utilities. The retail price to consumers continued to be regulated by government price caps. This all worked fine as long...
THE INVESTMENT COLUMN Our view: Hold Share price: 151p (-2.7p) Finding a company that is in good shape amid the rest of the market malaise is becoming a tough task. Savvy investors know that retailers and financials are having a tough...
The troubled high-street camera retailer Jessops issued yet another profits warning yesterday as tough trading conditions and the group's ongoing financial problems led to its share price falling by nearly 30 per cent. In a trading statement teeming with disappointing figures, the company said that trading since...
AEasyjet 275.75p (up 6.5p, 2.41 per cent) Oil price falls on consumption worries. ADana Petroleum 1,683p (up 45p, 2.75 per cent) Excited by approach for Imperial Energy. AVenture Production 791p (up 8.5p, 1.09 per cent) Royal Bank of Scotland reiterates "buy" rating. ...
TELECOMWORLDWIRE-16 July 2008-ZT Systems adopts Intel Centrino 2 processorsC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com ZT Systems have announced a new range of notebooks that will be powered by Intel's new Centrino 2 chipset and Intel's new Core 2 Due processors. The Intel chipset has wireless 802.11n connectivity...
TELECOMWORLDWIRE-16 July 2008-Sony announces 80GB PlayStation 3C1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc SCEA, a supplier of gaming consoles, announced on 16 July the availability of a new version of its PlayStation 3 (PS3) console with an 80GB internal hard disk. The console...
MARKET REPORT A broker upgrade and bid rumours boosted British Energy, which rose while the FTSE 100, spooked by risking inflation, falling retail sales and the spectre of yet more turmoil in the US financial system, sunk deeper into bear market territory yesterday, The...
Coach, Family Dollar and Staples among the Most Competitive Retailers; Coca-Cola and Wrigley among the Most Competitive CG Companies. Companies overall are better meeting consumer expectations in 2008 than in 2007, yet pricing power is difficult to find. HERNDON, Va. -- The wRatings Corporation, an independent competitive research...
WASHINGTON AFP — US retail sales slowed more than expected in June as American consumers cut back spending in the face of economic concerns and worries about the health of major banks, a government survey showed Tuesday. The Commerce Department reported that retail sales, a vital driver of...
SAN DIEGO -- Escalate Retail today announced that Virgin Wines, the UK online wine retailer which offers boutique wines at supermarket prices, has successfully upgraded to the latest version of its Blue Martini Commerce Suite. Virgin Wines became Escalate Retail's first European customer when it launched its website...
Manufacturers and retailers in Canada's maturing digital camera industry are missing a significant sales opportunity by allowing new camera customers to leave their outlets without purchasing photo accessories such as lenses, camera bags, batteries, and memory cards. These high margin add-ons are often purchased subsequently and from other retailers, says...
First-of-its-Kind Fine Wine Off-price Retailer Boasts Innovative Social Media Features and Robust Online Shop With Nationwide Free Shipping BOSTON, July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Bin Ends, the first of its kind off-price specialty fine wine and spirits retailer in the United States, has opened its first store in...
Hiroshima, July 14, 2008 - JCN Newswire - Mazda Motor Corporation has freshened its globally popular Demio compact car for the Japanese market. It goes on sale today at all Mazda, Mazda Anfini and Mazda Autozam dealerships nationwide. Manufacturer's suggested retail prices including consumption tax range from 1,190,000 to 1,580,000...
How to Protect Your Car from the Stress of Summer Heat RICHMOND, Va., July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Summer is here and vacations have begun. Although rising gas prices have curtailed summer traveling for some, many families are still enjoying vacations, albeit closer to home. Before you...
Retailer Partners with Conservation International to Launch Love, Earth Jewelry and New Sustainable Criteria BENTONVILLE, Ark. and ARLINGTON, Va., July 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. today launched Love, EarthR jewelry, its first completely traceable fine jewelry line available exclusively at Wal-Mart stores, Sam's Club locations...
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