Why do products from larger companies cost more than those from smaller companies?

Question by Marisol: Why do products from larger companies cost more than those from smaller companies?

For example: an ipod shuffle costs more than another lesser-known mp3 player that has the shuffle feature as well.

Or

A Dell laptop with similar specs (if not slightly lower) as an Ibuypower laptop, but costs 200-300 dollars more.

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Answer by Thedrip
Advertising is part of it.

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Do electronics companies make all the parts for their products themselves?

Question by Angel: Do electronics companies make all the parts for their products themselves?

Or do they outsource?

My friend said that all electronics companies made every part of their products themselves in their own factories, but my other friend says that a lot of electronics companies outsource the making of the parts for their products to other, smaller factories.

Which is it? Do electronics companies outsource ever? My friends are fighting about it right now lol!!

Thanks. 🙂

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Answer by I. B. Zoxx
Nearly all of them do, including Apple.
Most Apple products are produced by Foxconn in China. Perhaps you recall reading articles about how Foxconn mistreats their employees, and Apple is under pressure to improve working conditions for them.

Following the launch of the smartphone, The Wall Street Journal reported an executive saying the iPhone 5 is “the most difficult device that Foxconn has ever assembled. To make it light and thin, the design is very complicated.”

According to a Reuters report, iPhones assembler Hon Hai Precision Industry, the entity of the parent Foxconn Technology Group, was finding it hard to cope with the massive demand for iPhone 5 units since the Sept. 21 launch.

Analysts have earlier reported that Foxconn has expanded production of iPhone 5 to its other unit, Foxconn International Holdings (FIH), which typically makes non-Apple products, to address the shortfall. However, Foxconn Chairman Terry Gou declined to comment to the Wall Street Journal on brokerage reports.

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Does the FDA have power to shut down companies directly?

Question by Bobert J: Does the FDA have power to shut down companies directly?

i know they have the power to recommend something be recalled, but can they actually shut down a company if their products are unsafe for the consumer?

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how much money have US companies lost from product recalls from China?

Question by havanna j: how much money have US companies lost from product recalls from China?

Or does China pay the price? if they do, how much money in product is wasted anyways?

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Answer by go china
Hey is the US company being cheap with the factory they built in China China it self has nothing to do with it. blame the greedy american companies not China.

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Question about recalled products and the companies responsibility to replace the product?

Question by addisonsmom17: Question about recalled products and the companies responsibility to replace the product?

if a company recalls a product…do they need to replace or fix it if thats what the customer wants?

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Answer by Cory Z
If a product is recalled then the company is required to fix the issue. It doesn’t matter if the customer wants it or not. If the product is defective and something happens then the company is not responsible due to the customers negligence of the recall.

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Are US companies going to begin “moving” back to US to avoid the recalls?

Question by Secret Squirrel: Are US companies going to begin “moving” back to US to avoid the recalls?

Companies that were ‘household names’ for decades are issuing recalls for their products that were once produced in US.When they abandoned this country for tax incentives and cheap (child) labor they saw the “savings” and crowed about how they made their investors more money.
China has exported faulty products made by ‘American’ companies that are poisonous,defective,and downright dangerous to folks…what do you propose the consumer do?
Can Americans stop buying foreign or do the Chinks hold the upper hand here?

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Answer by Ken
The only thing that will make companies come back to America is if people stand up and say we are only buying american made products (or we are NOT buying Chinese products). The recalls that we hear about are few, what about all the ones that we do not hear about? What do you think is getting in our food that is coming from foreign countries?

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Q&A: Are there companies in INDIA ,who require freelance persons who AMAZINGLY GIVE MEMORY RECALL PRODUCT NAMES?

Question by 24carat: Are there companies in INDIA ,who require freelance persons who AMAZINGLY GIVE MEMORY RECALL PRODUCT NAMES?

Product naming is CRITICAL to Marketing. DIRT BUSTER – CLEANO , MASTH, ARRE,– Kitchen Cleaning detergents -All meant for the Indian mileu. . Want More ? Write me ,and may be we can jell.

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Answer by Platinum
Most advertising/marketing agencies do offer this type of service as part of the entire brand management package. If you are so talented in giving names maybe you can contact those agencies and offer them your services. Good luck.

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