Consumer Products

This document supplements the Future Consumer. Now ‘8 forces that will shape the future consumer’ viewpoint by providing additional insights about each of the 8 hypotheses, including takeaways and paradigm shifts.

Over the past two decades or so, investors have been given access to an ever widening universe of potential assets to invest in. The development of structured products (SPs) had allowed investors to take views on different asset classes in a more precise way than merely 'buying' or 'selling' an instrument. This tutorial describes the concept of structured products and examines the development of the market. Investor motivations, the basics of construction, and key risks are all investigated.

This webcast replay takes you through the fundamentals you would need to know related to the CoPPA framework. More information can be found on the CoPPA page of the Consumer Discover site.

This is a basic course which will equip you with a sound understanding of how large consumer brands (FMCG) set and manage product pricing in the real world.

This course will give you holistic view of the new product development arena and will help you gain specific knowledge in how to select, plan, monitor and control a new product development project, using the proper tools and techniques.

The Consumer Electronics industry is made up of companies from around the world that manufacture electronic audio and video equipment for individual consumers and businesses. In this fast-moving industry, where some products are lucky to have a shelf life of more than a year, companies need to be able to adapt quickly. In addition, they face challenges related to increased regulation, and the need to continually lower prices to move their products off the shelves. But top industry players are able to adopt effective strategies to remain successful. For example, they might focus on improving their business and manufacturing processes in order to reduce their costs and thereby absorb the lower prices demanded by the market. Or they might increase their investment in research and development to address rapid technological change. This course is designed to help learners understand these challenges and some of the common strategies used to overcome them, as well as some of the other key concepts and terminology associated with the consumer electronics industry.

This tutorial takes a detailed look at the different types of commodity and the exchanges where they are traded. It identifies the main participants in the commodity markets and explains the fundamentals of commodities trading, including exchange trading and OTC trading as well as the trading of physical commodities.