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market-related factors, including supply and demand. The
exchange amount, the core amount, and the total of those two
amounts (i.e., the remanufactured automobile part sales price)
for each remanufactured automobile part sold by Consolidated were
separately stated on each of Consolidated's sales invoices for
each such sale (remanufactured automobile part sales invoice).
Each automobile parts remanufacturer established its own
remanufactured automobile part sales price consisting of an
exchange amount and a core amount. Consolidated determined the
exchange amount that it charged as part of its remanufactured
automobile part sales price based on market-related factors. In
making that determination, Consolidated, inter alia, examined the
jobber price exchange amounts for remanufactured automobile parts
(i.e., the exchange amounts that automobile retail parts stores
determined should be part of the total prices charged their
respective customers for remanufactured automobile parts) that
were produced by those competitors of Consolidated which were
comparable to it in terms of, inter alia, quality of products and
service and warranty policy.
The core amount included as part of the remanufactured
automobile part sales price charged for any given remanufactured
automobile part varied among remanufacturers. Consolidated
determined that core amount based on several market-related
factors, including the supply and demand of customer cores. One
such factor was the location of the customer core within its
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