Market Competition Master Gifts

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The president's men

'Pretty strange term, market share, considering the whole object is not to.'

Woman at a desk with in out boxes marked Market Up Market Down.

"Do you swear to calm the jittery financial markets, all the jittery financial markets and nothing but the jittery financial markets, so help you God?"

...I wonder who started the rumour of your resignation?

'Let me guess - you lost a fight against a young challenger who has now replaced you as the company's alpha male!'

Cheer up, you'll get your day.

"...and, if your idea is so imaginative, innovative and original, why aren't our competitors doing it?"

"So our agreed strategy is to dominate the market and it creeps profits by 670%. Anybody any idea how to do it?"

SupermarketAwful Market.

A statue of a businessman in a park with an inscription that reads "Outperformed the market".

'Have you seen the ruddy margins the Chinese expect us to take up for this work?'

'No doubt about it, John, zero does represent a critical support level for this stock.'

'I'm calling you out, account to account.'

'Tropical fruit, imported cheese, coconuts...I'm not really into that 'eat locally' stuff.'

'He struggles with having to do his own marketing.'

'A market ruled by only three companies is bad for the customers and it puts down development and innovation. I would be a strong opponent to such a market, if I didn't own all three companies.'

Fight on the top

'Henderson, Sir - marketing.'

'I've been a broker for almost three days and I've never seen the market act like this.'

"Are we afraid of a little competition? Based on the figures, absolutely."

'Then, for some reason, sales dropped right off.'

"Our marketing budget has become a black hole."

'As a new investor, you'll be interested to know that the value of stocks are determined by the collective wisdom of all buyers and sellers.'

'Our efforts to be rude impersonal, overpriced and inconvenient has made us leaders in jet fuel efficiency.'

The Copywriter's Dilemma

"...and I can assure you that our price increases will be more competitive than those of other providers."

'This model even has a sports car on board.'

"Markets rose slightly today. No one knows why."

'International companies' sticking flag into the ground near the city.

"You've suffered a loss and you need time to grieve, also, tomorrow the market may turn around."

'I could be wrong, but I think Frank brought in a ringer.'