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...offend its customers, most of whom are, for reasons that may have to do with our nation's obesity, more comfortable with hunting rifles than nudity. Its job is to make families feel comfortable enough to shop and enjoy those 12˘ hotdogs together. Because that is where the real profit is, people. Trust me, I've tried them...
...Selden and Colvin show, through vivid examples, how much companies can gain by comprehensively tracking and examining the costs and benefits of each customer relationship. (Fidelity, for instance, puts burdensome callers at the end of a long holding queue and gives quick attention to account holders who deliver more profit...
...today's auto business, consider this tale of two cars: the Ford Taurus, built at plants in Atlanta and Chicago, and the Nissan Altima, made in Smyrna, Tenn. Neither vehicle is fancy; they're mainstream sedans for buyers on a budget. Both sell well. But when you talk about profit, the Taurus wobbles off the road. Ford must entice Taurus buyers with rebate offers and financing deals that slice 13%, or roughly $3,000, off the sticker price. After allowing for dealer profits, that leaves a negative return for Ford. The Altima, meanwhile, earns Nissan an estimated $1,500 (beyond...
...here's the mystery: if foreign-based companies like Nissan--along with BMW, Honda and Toyota--are building more vehicles in American factories, using American workers and American suppliers, and selling the vehicles to Americans for a good profit, why aren't DaimlerChrysler, Ford and General Motors doing the same? Last year the Big Three collectively lost money on car sales in North America (and earned a mere 1.8% profit on overall sales). Honda and Nissan earned higher margins and record profits, and Toyota is expected to post similar results...
...motivating factor,” he explained. “I’ve spent the past two summers in Kenya, and I’m intending to donate it back to the community. I don’t believe it’s right for me to profit off the suffering of others—I feel it’s the least I can do to use this award to return the gifts that they have given me in sharing their stories...