Managerial Accounting
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ISBN: 9781337912020
Author: Carl Warren, Ph.d. Cma William B. Tayler
Publisher: South-Western College Pub
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Chapter 6, Problem 4TIF
Profitability strategies
Somerset Inc. has finished a new video game, Snowboard Challenge. Management is now considering its marketing strategies. The following information is available:
Two managers, James Hamilton and Thomas Seymour, had the following discussion of ways to increase the profitability of this new offering:
James: I think we need to think of some way to increase our profitability. Do you have any ideas?
Thomas: Well, I think the best strategy would be to become aggressive on price.
James: How aggressive?
Thomas: If we drop the price to $60 per unit and maintain our advertising budget at $15,000,000, I think we will generate total sales of 2,000,000 units.
James: I think that’s the wrong way to go. You’re giving up too much on price. Instead, I think we need to follow an aggressive advertising strategy.
Thomas: How aggressive?
James: If we increase our advertising to a total of $25,000,000, we should be able to increase sales volume to 1,400,000 units without any change in price.
Thomas: I don’t think that’s reasonable. We’ll never cover the increased advertising costs.
Which strategy is best: Keep the price and advertising budget as set, follow the advice of Thomas Seymour, or follow the advice of James Hamilton?
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