15-Nov-2018, 11:11
(14-Nov-2018, 10:28)Peter van der Laarse Wrote: Hi Brendanalum,
Quite simple:
1. € 27.900 is € 32.850 without banking. Bankcosts will come to this
2. Profit for the importer. And a lot of baked air we call it in the Netherlands! Marketing mix: Price, Place, Promotion and product.
3. Margin to keep the price stable for more then a year. You need a margin of 10% at least to do this. Otherwise prices are going up and down in physical shops and that's not what the costumer expects. And the shops can work with
Actually that's an interesting one since Devialet manage their own distribution in the US (it's the importers that normally "adjust" the pricing). Furthermore European prices include VAT/sale tax and US prices don't... so that's another 21% there.
On this basis I would have expected the 1k PRO to cost less, at $49k (plus sales tax) I can't imagine they are selling many, there is just too much competition at that price point.
Guillaume
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