Marketing
14th Edition
ISBN: 9781259924040
Author: Roger A. Kerin, Steven W. Hartley
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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The Hesper Corporation is a leading manufacturer of high-quality upholstered sofas. Current plans call for an increase of $600,000 in the advertising budget. If the firm sells its sofas for an average price of S850 and the unit variable costs are $550, then what dollar sales increase will be necessary to cover the additional advertising?
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The Hesper Corporation is a leading manufacturerof high-quality upholstered sofas. Current planscall for an increase of $600,000 in the advertisingbudget. If the firm sells its sofas for an averageprice of $850 and the unit variable costs are $550,then what dollar sales increase will be necessaryto cover the additional advertising?
Given the below cost, c and price, p, functions for a product of quantity x:
c(x)=100+e ln(x)
p(x) =500-5x
a. Does the problem indicate an elastic demand at price $250?
b. How does the optimum quantity change if the government decides to apply 20% tax to the total revenue of this product?
Joel Deaine, CEO of Deaine Enterprises Incorporated (DEI), is considering a special offer to manufacture a new line of women’s clothing for a large department store chain. DEI has specialized in designer women’s clothing sold in small, upscale retail clothing stores throughout the country. To protect the very elite brand image, DEI has not sold clothing to large department stores. The current offer, however, might be too good to turn down. The department store is willing to commit to a large order, which would be very profitable to DEI, and the order would be renewed automatically for two more years, presumably to continue after that point.
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Explain two of the implementation tools covered in this chapter that Joel can use to implement his strategy.
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