“retailers are developing their own brand equities via impressive private label strategies (see Chapter 9) and will begin seeing brand premiums being… — Greg Thain Copy Share Image
By creating so many illusory images of physical perfection, whether on store aisles or storefront ads, magazine covers or TV shows, we… — Adora Svitak Copy Share Image
What corporations fear is the phenomenon now known, rather inelegantly, as 'commoditization.' What the term means is simply the conversion of the… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
Wal-Mart uses technology to increase sales volume, but the more it does so, the more it drives down profit margins - its… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
Manipulating the bond market is so greatly reducing the cost of capital that so far companies have been able to maintain profit… — Porter Stansberry Copy Share Image
By creating so many illusory images of physical perfection, whether on store aisles or storefronts ads, magazine covers or TV show, we… — Adora Svitak Copy Share Image
Yeah, well, your people happen to be soul-sucking demons. (Wulf) You ever met a banker or a lawyer? Tell me who’s worse,… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
When Dad came home from work, he'd turn our family dinners into tutorials on business, money, sales, and profit margins. He shared… — Denise Morrison Copy Share Image
“Racially discriminatory policies have usually sprung from economic, political, and cultural self-interests, self-interests that are constantly changing. Politicians seeking higher office have… — Ibram X. Kendi Copy Share Image
“To have a man whose name is on the label showing such interest, commitment, and determination for the best is a wonderful… — Charles Bamforth Copy Share Image
“Who is responsible for an agency’s operational response to growing workloads and declining fees? In today’s agency culture, it’s everyone… and no… — Michael Farmer Copy Share Image
“In the lean approach, companies are taught that prices are set by the market and that one way to improve profit margin… — Mark Graban Copy Share Image
Inflation, especially a slow steady rise in prices, encourages producers, because it means that they can commit themselves to costs of production… — Carroll Quigley Copy Share Image
“Creating value is not enough—you also need to capture some of the value you create. This means that even very big businesses… — Peter Thiel Copy Share Image
The U.S. and European markets have become mature, profit margins are lower, and equipment isn't so new. Because profits are relatively low,… — Zong Qinghou Copy Share Image
Production for sale in a market in which the object is to realize the maximum profit is the essential feature of a… — Immanuel Wallerstein Copy Share Image
Think how weird profit margins are: We've got high unemployment and financial crises - and world record profit margins. People think the… — Jeremy Grantham Copy Share Image
The fact is that surveys which media people openly admit to show that fewer than twelve percent of their customers believe they're… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
