Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Four Japanese giants of price increases, local brands in the future the way

daily prices closely recently, many people are put on many people snapped up tide, from baby milk to kindergarten care fees, daily chemical products from high-end liquor to sth Price party claimed that price increases because of rising costs unable to digest, recent news that the end of March to early April, Procter, Unilever brand washing supplies a full range of the date class, such as prices, rose to 5%~15%, Unilever executives to accept wealth winner network confirmed the rumors in an interview.

manufacturers will increase our products price message continuous fermentation. Friday to Saturday, some of Shanghai's people just blindly buy salt "confused" in the clear, also joined the ranks of snapping up daily chemical products, resulting in some supermarkets, stores in Shanghai the day before yesterday and yesterday detergent powder, SOAP, shower gel, and so many of our products in short supply, snap up staged daily chemical products surge again.

message came out, for price-sensitive people immediately "Chung" to the supermarket. Yesterday, at Carrefour wuning shop door, man pushing a cart full, drop all napkins, daily chemical products such as shampoo, SOAP and washing powder home. Auntie Chan said the owner, she is to listen to the news that you want to price, specifically to buy. Napkin would have bought five bags, a family of three people, a bag of 12 volumes, almost enough for the whole family in a year.

wheat DeLong are purchased since games limited said, previously media reported of "joint Revell, and Procter and two large day of brand has to the large supermarket issued price adjustment notification single", actually is two large brand near 30 a single products to retailers of supply price raised has 10% around, but eventually retail price is raised, and when price adjustment, and price adjustment how many is by retailers (supermarket, and large stores) own decided of, if retail enterprise to internal digestive supply price of rose cost, or for market competition need, also may not be must will raised by sales commodity of price.

market pointed out that publishing price information can make the product sales increased in the short term, does not rule out the possibility that enterprise to test the market potential. The official pointed out that, under the strict control of overall price situation, relevant departments of the Government response to the relevant enterprises "announced in advance price increases" attached great importance to this phenomenon, early intervention, in addition to monitoring for rationality of prices and gains, but also to investigate whether they are arrested for purposes such as advertising, to test.

collective price is coincidence or conspiracy?

is interesting, daily chemical giants have unanimously chose this time issued a notice of price adjustment, and the time that the price of both before and after April. It is learnt that in China detergent market, Procter, Unilever, libai and is satisfied that the ACE four giants, accounted for almost over 80% of the national market. Due to fierce competition, we all wait this collective price increases, reminds this month Spain to Procter, l ' Oréal, eight companies on suspicion of monopoly, and out of the 50 million euro's huge ticket events, how many consumers on the collective price of doubts. That is a coincidence or a giant conspiracy?

in this respect, our experts of Feng Jianjun said, should be a coincidence, or is a rose after, other companies choose to follow up, but collusion that unlikely. "Especially Procter and Unilever, both died of head and not on the market in China. "Feng Jianjun said. He also said that daily chemical enterprises actually have a variety of ways to resolve the price of one useful approach is to launch new products, but we now choose prices, instructions for tolerance has reached the extreme cost pressure.

manufacturers have also reflected to reporters, "price has always been very sensitive topic, is this year's ' two sessions ' focus, who at that time the price is likely to be of public criticism. Now ' two sessions ' later, 315 consumer rights day passed, social concerns about hot topics of reducing, companies will take this opportunity to the price. "

crude oil futures price led cost large increased prompted price

day of industry by with of raw materials most is oil of by-products, currently international oil prices has from last year of 50 dollars rose to has now of 100 dollars, washing supplies in the common of surfactant price has rose has 60%, plastic packaging also rose has six or seven into, SOAP, products to with of vegetable oil price also rose has 50% above. Inorganic raw materials rise in 40% per cent.

domestic oil prices have also greatly increased the cost of transport, in addition, foreign-funded enterprises to enjoy national treatment this year, tax revenues increased two to shampoo, for example, increased the rate of about 1.2%.

mother snapped up in Hong Kong from the mainland Japan snap up imports of baby milk flows. The recent Japan "nuclear leakage" caused by "Rob salt fever" at present, guarantee market supply, stable market prices is the responsibility of the Government, existing laws and regulations has also given the Government's price control functions and tools. Lawyer and head of the China Consumer Association Qiu Baochang counsel points out that the Chinese pricing law referred to in article 14th, operators shall not have the eight kinds of abnormal price behavior, which included "fabricated, dissemination of price information, bid up prices, promote the excessive rise in commodity prices".