As part of their responsibilities, field sales representatives carry out survey of the industry to identify trends such as
price of competing products, product demand and current merchandising.
With pet stories
full of competing products and web sites packed with contradictory information, it is difficult to know what to believe.
«Our forecast of 11 million media tablet shipments in 2010 is based both on the broader availability of the iPad and on the delayed
introduction of competing products,» ABI Research analyst Jeff Orr said in a statement.
As you could see above, this is the 14th part of this series and since Microsoft and Apple usually seem to move in parallel, I try to write up a
comparison of their competing products as they come out.
Full disclosure is not a requirement, as long as you don't attempt to distort the views in our forums, either by pretending to be a delighted customer of your own brand, or by pretending to be a disgruntled
user of a competing product.»
For years, editorial decisions at Carswell and at Canada Law Book have been based the best information readily available — anecdotal evidence from users and
reviews of the competing products — but not on the solid information that a user survey can provide.
To browse, you have to go back and forth through a detailed system of menus, categories, and merchants while constantly being tempted by
thousands of competing products at thousands of price points.
Fast forward to 2018 and not only is the Alexa Smart Assistant widely popular, but there are hosts
of competing products from competitors such as Apple and Google.
In addition to saving about $ 50,000 on the business intelligence tools and
services of competing products that were more cumbersome, Jonathan Hill, Monetate's director of sales operations, says InsightSquared helped the company drill down on its own sales process to identify areas that required attention.
In theory, at least, companies charge «what the market will bear,» and that tends to mean a number dictated by a combination of consumer demand and the
availability of competing products.
pricing, the pricing and
quality of competing products or services, the effects of global economic conditions, or reductions in our sellers» customer spending levels.
As I recall when Target first started to carry Apple products, Apple put pressure on Target to get
rid of competing products, such as the Kindle and Nook.
The headphone jack (as well as the Micro USB charging port) have been conveniently placed on the bottom of the device, which will come as a relief for those annoyed by the top - mounted
configurations of competing products.
JNJ faces few major patent expirations in the next 5 years, although sales of Hepatitis C drug Olysio will likely face a steep decline with the
approval of competing products.
And with the ascendancy of digital technology and the increased mobility of employees, it is easier than ever for trade secrets to be taken and used for the
development of competing products.
This is great advice for a budding life Insurance salesperson, or any wannabe commissioned salesperson for that matter who is being paid by the product manufacturer to sell a particular product in the
face of competing products.
Carry out survey of the sales industry to identify trends such as
price of competing products, product demand, and current merchandising strategies
Sony wants this to be the ideal upgrade from the Xperia Z, and on top of that, they want the Z3 to be so well made that
users of competing products might consider a switch.
That's not to say people who buy Chromecast or Apple TV don't care about Prime Video (I like me some «Mozart in the Jungle,» and I wish I could stream via Chromecast), but completely eliminating
sales of competing products is just a lazy move to weaken Apple and Google's sales.
What's the selling price of each product, and
of competing products or brands, domestically and in your target countries?
As a shopper, you have the option of doing comparison shopping where you look at quality, ease of use, and price
of competing products.
And while
some of the competing products seem to have far better technical specs than the iPad, its the iPad2 that we must compare those to.
Still, true to its traits, the company will severely undercut the pricing
of competing products, but still making a healthy margin in the process.
Monitor industry trends to identify product demand, degree of competition and price of competing products