{"id":7703,"date":"2015-03-11T13:02:55","date_gmt":"2015-03-11T12:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.schmid.wp\/our-prices-decline-but-not-our-quality\/"},"modified":"2022-04-11T16:36:17","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T14:36:17","slug":"our-prices-decline-but-not-our-quality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.schmid.it\/en\/our-prices-decline-but-not-our-quality\/","title":{"rendered":"Our prices decline, but not our quality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p class=\"p1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schmid.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/nuoviPrezzi_1_mini-1.jpg\" alt=\"New Schmid price policy\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schmid.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/nuoviPrezzi_1_mini-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.schmid.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/nuoviPrezzi_1_mini-1-250x125.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.schmid.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/nuoviPrezzi_1_mini-1-350x175.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u00abThere\u2019s a lot of talk about client service and boosting consumption. What better example of concrete support to one\u2019s clients is there than lowering prices while keeping quality high?\u00bb.\u00a0<strong>Paolo Ciccarelli<\/strong>, Schmid\u2019s chairman and CEO, goes straight to the point: \u00abOur sector is going through a delicate phase. Demand has been flat for a while and the business environment is more and more competitive. <strong>For these reasons we have decided to shoulder our clients and reduce our prices by about 10 per cent from 1st March<\/strong>\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Obviously, cutting prices is not an easy task and requires efficiency and market knowledge. In Schmid\u2019s case, <strong>efficiency stems from a thorough selection of suppliers, \u201cjust in time\u201d production management, reducing unnecessary expenses and lowering financial costs<\/strong>. The benefits of these measures are then shared with clients.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Schmid\u2019s new price policy does not end here. The company also guarantees <strong>to foot any price increases generated by the weakness of the euro against other currencies<\/strong>. A decreasing pricing system based on volumes purchased will also be introduced soon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u00abIt isn\u2019t a <strong>stop-gap solution but a dyed-in-the-wool system to share with our clients<\/strong> the improvements in efficiency and profitability that we are obtaining and offer them genuine value for money\u00bb, summarises Ciccarelli.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00abThere\u2019s a lot of talk about client service and boosting consumption. What better example of concrete support to one\u2019s clients is there than lowering prices while keeping quality high?\u00bb.\u00a0Paolo Ciccarelli, Schmid\u2019s chairman and CEO, goes straight to the point: \u00abOur sector is going through a delicate phase. 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