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32 Products with the Highest Markup

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Society has been trained not to blink an eye when paying two bucks for a bottle of water, or shelling out ten dollars for a bucket of movie theater popcorn that would cost next to nothing when made at home. However, a bottle of water typically only costs five cents to make, and the wholesale price of popcorn is about 35 cents. When we pay astronomical prices for such products, we are often paying more for convenience, experience, inflation, and societal pressures than we are for actual materials or labor. Products that are rip-offs are aplenty, but with the knowledge offered by this visualization from Swagbucks.com, we can become more savvy and informed consumers:

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32 Products with the Highest Markup

We appreciate the simple and striking data visualization, which is easy to interpret quickly while having a bold emotional impact. The proportional bubbles used to convey percentages do an excellent job in capturing just how monumental these product markups are. Sometimes it makes sense to pay more for the enjoyment and experience (for example, buying a mixed drink at a restaurant), but many of these are infuriating. A funeral casket costing $1,295 often goes for around $325 wholesale. Even in death, it is impossible to escape price-gouging. Also, why is printer ink so expensive? Turns out, many printing companies use an outdated “razor-and-blades model”, where they sell printers cheaply at a loss and attempt to make up for it with ink sales. They also purposely program their printers to prevent the usage of more affordable third-party cartridges by using microchips and firmware updates. Even more reason to be angry when your printer suddenly stops functioning again.

Here are the top 5 products with the biggest markups:

  1. Text messages (without an unlimited plan) – 6,000%
  2. Bottled water – $4,000%
  3. Brand-name prescription drugs – 200-3,300%
  4. High school ring – 1,329%
  5. Movie theater popcorn – 1,275%

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Hollywood’s Biggest Mergers Shaped the Industry

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The history of Hollywood is rife with cutthroat business moves behind the glitz and glamor of what we see on camera. The team at Wyoming LLC Attorney made that clear with this timeline of the film industry’s biggest mergers and acquisitions. Following this timeline, we can see that five major film studios dominate the industry: Universal, Paramount Pictures, Warner Brothers Pictures, Walt Disney Studios, and Sony Pictures.

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A Timeline of Film Production Company Acquisitions & Mergers

The team even went so far as to show us how much percent of the market share each company owns. Universal and Disney come out on top respectively. Between them they own almost half the film industry’s market shares. We can see lists of subsidiaries owned by each studio below the timeline.

For example, Universal owns the following:

  • Focus Features (Brokeback Mountain, London Has Fallen)
  • Working Title Films (Les Miserables, Notting Hill, Bridget Jone’s Diary, Bean)
  • Illumination (Despicable Me, Super Mario Bros. Movie)
  • Dreamworks Animation (Shrek, How to Train Your Dragon)
  • Amblin Partners (Jurassic Park, Men in Black, War of the Worlds, Ready Player One)
  • Blumhouse Productions (Get Out, Halloween, The Purge, Insidious)
  • Carnival Films (Firelight, Downton Abbey, Shadowlands)
  • Peacock
  • NBC News/CNBC/MSNBC
  • Syfy
  • E!
  • Bravo
  • Telemundo

There’s no doubt that timeline is an enlightening look at the film industry, highlighting the tendency of larger studios to absorb their competition. Some speculate that further mergers might narrow these big five studios down to

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Stay on Top of the Market with the Businesses with Largest Market Caps

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Stock market enthusiasts, investors, and people with an interest in business will turn their attention to Q3 results to find out who the titans of industries are. The team at LLC Attorney has created what might be the easiest way to digest the data with this graph ranking businesses by their Q3 market caps.

Not only did the team create this ranking, but they broke down information by sector, industry group, industry, and sub-industry. This comprehensive look at the data is color-coded and easy to reference at a glance. The biggest companies stand out for quick information, but for those who want more comprehensive information, there are plenty of details to examine. Below the illustrated graph, you’ll find a super detailed graph labeling the sub-industries.

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The Largest Company by Market Cap in Every Sector and Industry

Overall, the data shows us that these were the top ten companies across all industries:

  1. Microsoft ($3,365.91B)
  2. Apple ($3,229.67B)
  3. Nvidia ($3,038.64B)
  4. Alphabet Inc. (Google) ($2,259.01B)
  5. Amazon ($2,015.91B)
  6. Meta Platforms (Facebook) ($1,362B)
  7. Berkshire Hathaway ($883.76B)
  8. Eli Lilly ($868.57B)
  9. Broadcom ($812.17B)
  10. JPMorgan Chase ($595.32B)

Looking at these results can be inspirational for business owners and informative to investors. Those who are a dab hand at the stock market know that it’s important to keep up with the world of business and to know the numbers. No matter where you stand, this chart is informative and easy to understand.

 

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Ranking Boat Manufacturers by Revenue Per Second

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Yachts and big boats are flashy and so is this colorful chart from the team at SI Yachts ranking boat and yacht manufacturers by how much revenue they earn per second. Yachts are undoubtedly a status symbol, so this ranking of manufacturers only adds to the prestige of the boats they sell.

The graphic is plenty colorful, showing us images of the type of boat each manufacturer is known for along with their logo. The team ranked each brand by how much revenue they earn per second and also broke down how much they earn in a year, as well as listing the company’s country of origin. The result is an illustrated parade of top boating and yachting brands.

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The Biggest Boat and Yacht Manufacturers Ranked by Revenue per Second

Boat enthusiasts have a lot of brand loyalty, but they’re also on the lookout for rising brands or the latest or most exciting boat models and features. This infographic displays all the brands that yachters should be paying attention to. Do you see any brands you don’t recognize on the list?

Their results show us that the top selling brand was Italian mega yacht manufacturer, Fincantieri, earning an incredible $266.99 per second or 8.42 billion a year. The brand is closely followed by American manufacturer, Brunswick Boats who earn $202.94 per second or 6.4 billion a year. These are the only brands that slotted into the graphics over $100 a second revenue category. Explore the details of all these great brands and maybe even research their bestselling models.

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