sexta-feira, dezembro 11, 2009

Todas as semanas, nos mais variados sectores...

... encontro exemplos desta fixação na quota de mercado em detrimento da margem, do retorno, do lucro.
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Em vez da aposta na subida na escala de valor... cai-se demasiadas vezes na esparrela da quantidade, de brandir o preço como a arma para ganhar negócios.
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Estes exemplos sobre os vinhos neo-zalandês e australiano documentam as consequências possíveis "New Zealand Struggles to Keep Wine Prices Up":
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"Bulk wine exports, which accounted for less than 5 percent of export volume in the past, made up 20 percent of New Zealand’s wine exports in the year that ended in June.

Predictably, prices have plummeted: Wine that three years ago sold in bulk for 6 New Zealand dollars, or $4.36, a liter now goes for 2 dollars and 50 cents and occasionally even less, according to industry executives. New Zealand’s wine regions are littered with “for sale” signs.

Nor have the wine critics been kind. “We’ve seen a lot of ‘me-too’ wine,” said Michael Cooper, a prominent New Zealand wine writer."
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"“We can’t compete and remain viable if we are producing bulk wine,” said Marcus Pickens, marketing manager for industry association Wine Marlborough. New Zealand’s smaller size, high labor costs, and cool climate make it harder for the country to sustain the big yields that volume production requires, he added."
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