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Market Sizing: Volume Versus Value

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Most recent answer on Apr 09, 2024

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Depends on pricing structure: If there's only one price, then it's just multiplying the volume by the price. Done. If there are multiple prices, then you have to find a way to multiply those prices by their respective ... (read entire answer)

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Market Sizing: How would you approach this case?

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Hi there, You'll learn a lot more from this by trying it out yourself first! Why don't you post your approach here and we can provide commentary? Market Sizing Analysis: Approaches, Techniques, and Exercises Market Sizi ... (read entire answer)

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Market sizing case on how many cactus in a country

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Most recent answer on Nov 30, 2021

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It's very simple: Do the approach the is the easiest for you given the question. Are they asking you to estimate something where you don't even know where to begin from the top (maybe you have 0 clue as to the market si ... (read entire answer)

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Market sizing: do I explain my approach first before talking about the number?

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Sofia

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Hello, It would depend on the level of detail you are going for in the market sizing, and honestly either of the approaches you outlined could be effective in different situations. Generally I recommend going for #1 for ... (read entire answer)

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How do you go about working out the revenue of a Starbucks store, from coffee only?

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Hello, I would use the following approach: Identify the bottleneck of the service (e.g. number of seats or cashiers) Divide the day into different time slot Make an assumption of the occupancy for each time sl ... (read entire answer)

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