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In reply to the discussion: Anyone ever hear of Unilateral Pricing Policy? What a scam. [View all]pipoman
(16,038 posts)41. Apparently quite a few..
Samsung Electronics America (SEA)
SEA is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., an established leader in the worldwide electronics market. SEA is focused on continually expanding its position in the U.S. market while upholding Samsung's mission to provide consumers with innovative products that converge digital technologies and offer exceptional quality, features, performance and value.
Samsung holds true to this mission across all categories by offering a broad range of award-winning products that are backed by industry-leading warranties, customer service and technical support programs.
SEA comprises the Consumer Business Division (CBD), and the Enterprise Business Division (EBD),both headquartered in Ridgefield Park, NJ. The North American headquarters, also located in Ridgefield Park, NJ, oversees the North American Subsidiaries of Samsung Telecommunications America; Samsung Semiconductor, Inc,;Samsung Information Systems America; and Samsung Austin Semiconductor. as well as Samsung Electronics Canada; and Samsung Electronics Mexico.
Samsung Consumer Business Division (CBD)
Samsung's Consumer Business Division (CBD) offers a full range of award-winning digital products for the home and individual use, including LED, LCD and Plasma televisions, Blu-ray Disc players, Home Theater Systems, Digital Cameras, Digital Camcorders, Solid State Hard Drives, External Hard Drives and Portable Audio Devices. CBD also contains Samsung's Home Appliance group which sells products that rank very high in consumer satisfaction, including refrigerators, washers & dryers, ranges, dishwashers, microwave ovens, and vacuums.
Over the years, consumers have come to expect exciting innovations from Samsung's CBD product lines. Samsung is the marketing leader in 3DTV, Smart TV, LED TV, Blu-ray and French Door Refrigerators. Samsung is also the only company to have a digital camera with a front LCD screen to create perfect self-portraits and the only TV manufacturer to have a TV apps platform which powers the Samsung Apps Platform.
Samsung Enterprise Business Division (EBD)
As one of the fastest growing IT companies in the world, Samsung EBD is committed to serving the needs of consumers ranging from the home user to the Fortune 500 elite and supporting the valued channel partners who serve our customers. Samsung EBD offers a complete line of award-winning color and mono-laser printing solutions, desktop monitors, laptop computers, digital signage solutions and projectors.
Samsung Telecommunications America (STA)
Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, STA was founded by Samsung Electronics Corporation in 1996. STA researches, develops and markets a variety of personal and business communications products throughout North America, including handheld wireless phones, wireless communications infrastructure systems, fiber optics and enterprise communication systems.
Learn more about careers at Samsung Mobile USA.
Samsung Semiconductor, Inc.(SSI)
SSI, headquartered in San Jose, California, is a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the second largest semiconductor manufacturer in the world and the industry's volume and technology leader in DRAM, NAND Flash, and SRAM memory and TFT-LCD panels. Samsung Semiconductor's five business unitsMemory, TFT-LCD, Storage, Foundry and System LSI-provide advanced solutions for the mobile, desktop computing, consumer electronics and industrial markets communication systems. Learn how SSI works with the industry's OEMs.
Samsung Information Systems America (SISA)
SISA, a wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., is located in the Silicon Valley with offices in Southern California. SISA is engaged in researching "frontier" technologies for creating new businesses, as well as developing core technologies to enhance the competitiveness of existing products of Samsung. The research activities of SISA focus on the development of hard disk drives, digital TV technologies, printer software, wireless connectivity and high-level software such as middleware.
Samsung Austin Semiconductor(SAS)
Samsung Austin Semiconductor (SAS), located in Austin, Texas, is the company's only semiconductor manufacturing plant located outside Korea. SAS has been providing the latest in semiconductor technology to the world since 1997. The complex includes one of the most advanced semiconductor plants in the United States where state-of-the-art NAND Flash memory and Mobile SoC chips are made.
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I'm not even sure any of those laws would apply. That's how sneaky this is. nt
Snake Alchemist
Mar 2012
#7
Depends if you are using the legal definition of the term or simply describing what
pipoman
Mar 2012
#16
Hmmm...."The defining characteristic of price fixing is any agreement regarding price..."
Romulox
Mar 2012
#17
Just wanted to say that this post displays a basic misunderstanding of retailing.
Romulox
Mar 2012
#54
There are not a significant number of "independent Television dealers" for this to help--it's an
Romulox
Mar 2012
#13
Screw the consumer overall to "help" multinational behemoths like Sony and Samsung--
Romulox
Mar 2012
#15
That person does that pretty frequently. They love to assert facts not in evidence. nt
stevenleser
Mar 2012
#50
You've made lots of claims, many of them strawmen and none of them supported. nt
stevenleser
Mar 2012
#76
LOL, believe me, if people on tv who are much better at this than you cant hurt my feelings, you
stevenleser
Mar 2012
#90
You're on TV, you say? That's a relevant point to bring up, if this is about your ego. nt
Romulox
Mar 2012
#93
Two logical fallacies in one post. For anyone else, I would say thats an accomplishment.
stevenleser
Mar 2012
#95
You wanted examples of things you dont get? You just provided another one. nt
stevenleser
Mar 2012
#99
P.S. to help you out, you committed the non-sequitur and ad-hominem logical fallacies.
stevenleser
Mar 2012
#100
P.S., this is yet another example of you using logical fallacies instead of arguments. nt
stevenleser
Mar 2012
#91
That person must have attended the Palin-Quayle school of critical thought.
stevenleser
Mar 2012
#92
Is there anything specifically posted in this thread that you can cite to back this up?
Romulox
Mar 2012
#94
If you read Pipoman's post #80 again, really slowly, you might get it. Then again, since its you,
stevenleser
Mar 2012
#98
This isn't productive. Your personal attacks are coming from a place of extreme anger.
Romulox
Mar 2012
#104
Doesn't the collusion have to be horizontal (i.e., among manufacturers) in order to count?
MNBrewer
Mar 2012
#88
Not sure who this is directed at, but in order to be *legally actionable*, it likely does. nt
Romulox
Mar 2012
#97
I'm sure that smaller merchants are at the forefront of the minds of execs at Samsung and Sony. nt
Snake Alchemist
Mar 2012
#20
Sounds like the manufacturers are doing the pushing this time and of course it falls on the
Snake Alchemist
Mar 2012
#26
Do you think its good for consumers in the long run if independents are driven out of business?
onenote
Mar 2012
#29
Samsung only made 4.5 billion last quarter, but if we work together we can get that up even higher.
Snake Alchemist
Mar 2012
#33
So you can't be independent if you're on the internet? You're right that this whole internet thing
Snake Alchemist
Mar 2012
#52
The whole point of the pricing strategy is to help out local brick and mortar establishments
onenote
Mar 2012
#57
ROFL. You think the retailer is going to be able to keep the additional revenue?
Snake Alchemist
Mar 2012
#58
The question is not of additional revenue, but of leveling competition between internet and B&M
stevenleser
Mar 2012
#60
Thanks for confirming where you stand with respect to mom and pop business v. megachains.
onenote
Mar 2012
#63
We didn't "level competition" between the covered wagon and the steam locomotive. nt
Romulox
Mar 2012
#74
Who is 'we' and why are 'we' making a preindustrial age comparison to current day commercial events?
stevenleser
Mar 2012
#75
ROFL. There's always the option of not signing the contract in the 1st place. nt
Snake Alchemist
Mar 2012
#25
ROFL. Given that this is a known value, maybe manufacturers shouldn't sign those contracts.
Snake Alchemist
Mar 2012
#28
Call me when they're making below 10 million a quarter. We can start a DU fund drive. nt
Snake Alchemist
Mar 2012
#36
This has been going on in multiple industries for a long time. Pandora Jewlery is a good example
stevenleser
Mar 2012
#59
Headline today was that Sharp is in serious trouble. Flat tv sales = cutthroat. nt
Romulox
Mar 2012
#70