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A packaged foods maker's sugar cereal sales to a fast-growing discount chain rise about 15% a year, and the chain is now its largest outlet. Is that growth good or bad for the client, and how should it handle distribution?
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60% of cereal shoppers are brand loyal; when their brand is out of stock, 25% of them buy no cereal at all. If the chain averages 15% of brands out of stock, roughly how much cereal volume is lost to walkaways?
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A diversified health care company bought a software firm that sells only administrative systems to large hospitals. How should the software unit grow revenue?
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You see three hospital software markets: in two the top five vendors hold about two thirds of share at 25 to 30% gross margins, in the third they hold 25% at 45 to 50% margins. Which looks most attractive and what would you check next?
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