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The markup of some items might surprise you. Coupon site Sumocoupon analyzed some consumer data and put together an infographic revealing the markup of 37 products.
The site calculated the data based on information collected from production pricing reports on news sites like CNN and the New York Times. While this isn't the most scientific of methodologies, they're open about their sources and you can check out the data from each report.
More than products, they found that services have the highest markup. This is pretty obvious, but the numbers are a little surprising. For example, interior painting had a markup of 6,329%. Companies charge thousands, but the supplies cost a little over a hundred bucks, according to their data....
Via Jeff Domansky
We all know there's markup on most things we buy. But the markup of some everyday items might surprise you.
Very interesting look at pricing and profits.