🎯 Task: Convince an investor your low-cost model will succeed 💡scalable / profit / strategy
🌍 Scenario: Your company wants to copy Shein’s on-demand model. Good idea? 📦 💡model / flexible / demand 🔗This could be
Model answer: This could be a flexible model that responds quickly to demand.
⚖️ Dilemma: Invest in sustainability or keep prices low? 🌱💰. 💡although / sustainable / expensive 🔗 Ideally
Model answer: Ideally, we should invest in sustainable practices, although they are more expensive initially.
💬 Quote: “If it’s cheap, you are the product.” 📱
👉 What does this mean? 👉 Do you agree?
🗣️Opinion: Is overconsumption driven by low-cost business models? 🛒 💡 overconsumption / influence / behaviour 🔗 It seems that
Model answer: It seems that low-cost models influence consumer behaviour and increase overconsumption.
🗣️Opinion: Should governments regulate low-cost companies more strictly? 🏛️. 💡 regulation / protect / consumers 🔗I would argue that
Model answer: I would argue that regulation is necessary to protect consumers from unfair practices.
⚖️ Dilemma: You discover your company’s low prices depend on questionable suppliers. What do you do? 😬. 💡even though / ethical / reputation 🔗From my perspective
Model answer: From my perspective, even though it reduces costs, it could damage our ethical reputation.
⚖️ Dilemma: Your company can reduce costs by cutting customer service. Do you do it? 📉📞.💡although / trade-off / negative 🔗 On the one hand
Model answer: On the one hand, it’s a clear trade-off, although it could have a negative impact on customer loyalty.
🗣️ Opinion: Why are customers so tempted by cheap deals even if they don’t need the product? 🛍️. 💡because / tempted / impulsive 🔗 I believe that
Model answer: I believe that customers are tempted because of impulsive behaviour and attractive pricing strategies.
🌍 Scenario: Your company uses a “pay for extras” model. Customers complain. What do you do? ✈️. 💡feedback / transparent / pricing 🔗 To solve this
Model answer: To solve this, we should make pricing more transparent and respond to customer feedback.
🗣️ Opinion: Do low-cost companies always mean lower quality, or is that an outdated assumption? 🤔. 💡however / perception / efficient 🔗 In my opinion
Model answer: In my opinion, the perception that low-cost means low quality is outdated; however, many companies are simply more efficient.
🎯 Challenge :Explain “trade-off” in 20 seconds + give a business example ⏱️.💡balance / cost / quality 🔗 For example
Model answer: A trade-off is a balance between cost and quality; for example, cheaper production may reduce product quality.
🎭 Roleplay:👤 Student A: Customer complaining about hidden fees .👤 Student B: Company representative