Originally Posted by ncpl
As for the UK/US difference.....The currency swings we have seen in the last 2-3 years have been enough to make or lose loads for any company.
I strongly disagree with this. Many modern international companies with real-time pricing, or automated time-interval pricing, have had no problem at all and did not loose a penny because of currency swings. If you are an international company, but refuses to deal with currency hedging in a modern (read 24h/day) automated or managed manner then, yes, you probably lost money.

What I am saying is that if you have a problem with loosing money on currency exchanges, you have several options, but choosing to just increase your foreign sales prices with a 'safer' margin, is the worst 'solution' you can choose IMHO, since these higher prices will probably impact you sales. The money lost because of this, good have been put to better use (read: cost savings in the long run), if you have your bank's account manager perform the real-time hedging, for example. Just my $0.05 (�0.02 times 2.5),