Savings for You, a discount retail chain, is highly competitive. When entering a new market, Savings for You often cuts prices s
o deeply that it sells below costs, effectively pushing smaller companies with less purchasing power out of the market. Savings for You is most likely guilty of ________.predatory pricingmarket skimmingdeceptive pricingprice collusionprice fixing
A "predator" refers to an animal who survives by "preying" on other animals.
Predatory pricing in a similar sense refers to that form of excessively low pricing which in a way consumes other firms by taking away their share of industry revenues. Such form of pricing is considered illegal and is against healthy competition.
Such pricing eliminates competitors from the market and gradually leads to emergence of a monopoly i.e supremacy of a single firm in the whole industry and thus considered an illegal practice.
In the given case, the retail chain can be alleged to have followed predatory pricing which is substantiated by the fact that it cuts it's prices excessively i.e even below cost , thereby forcing smaller companies to exit the industry.
In industry, inventory buildups are cancelled with increased sales and marketing activities, which attract rewards and punishments. This is why it is always a taboo to observe idle workers. Idle workers cost the entity much in expenses. Workers are employed based on productivity and profitability indexes. There is no business entity that employs workers for the fun of employment.
They are easier to buy and sell than other forms of investment. When they say an asset is liquid, it means it can easily be turned or converted to cash. Liquid stocks and bonds are easier to sell and buy because they will be see a buyer and seller to pay in exchange for cash.
Illiquid means they are difficult to sell and buy or they are difficult to be converted to cash
Cadillac is responding to one of the geographic demographic trends in the United States, which has been migration into the Sun Belt. Building a plant in Louisiana, which is in the Sun Belt, would greatly reduce transportation cost, compared to a plant in Michigan.
A delivery gap in service quality refers to the difference between the actual delivery of a good or service versus the service delivery policies. In other words, it is the difference between reality and theory.
Theoretically Saltdust should be a premier restaurant and serve delicious dishes, but in reality its service is not that good.