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Problem statements -Autobytel is spending more than it earns, with an advertising budget that has traditionally overspent its revenues, let alone other expenses, Autobytel needs to slow down the advertising and marketing growth, raise prices or a combination of both? -Autobytel has traditionally used a mix of different advertising strategies to attract customers. What would…

Q1: What is the difference between best-cost strategy and low-cost strategy? Best-cost strategy is when the company makes an upscale product at a lower price which in turn gives more value to customers in exchange of money. This means that the strategy involves focusing towards customers who are value-conscious and are willing to pay money…

Bean, Inc. Case Study 1. What item costs and revenues are relevant to the decision of how many units of that item to stock? The two main basic components that are relevant in determining how many units of an item that L. L Bean should stock are the cost of the item for L. L. Bean…

Pricing is a very critical element of the marketing mix. The price of the product or service earns revenue for the company. One of the important external factors that influence the price of any product or service is its demand. The relationship between price and demand varies from product to product and market to market…

Many managers prefer to use variable costing for internal reporting and decision making due to its numerous advantages (Myers par. 1). Firstly, variable costing reports categorize costs based on their behavior, making them easier to comprehend. Additionally, variable costing statements aid in cost volume profit (CVP) analysis as they separate costs into fixed and variable…

Counterfeit money is currency that is produced without the legal sanction of the state or government and it is a deliberate violation of that country’s laws. Counterfeiting is almost as old as money itself. The main objective of counterfeiting is obvious. If you could do it without getting caught, you would be able to print…

Introduction The cost of congestion was regarded by the late Professor William Vickrey to be high. Very roughly, the real economic cost of the transport infrastructure in the US was about three times the total gasoline and vehicular taxes generated by automobile use of city streets (Vickrey, 1963). Yet motorists were always under the misimpression…

Introduction In today’s world of complex business, it has been proved by many researchers that product pricing is a most crucial profit driver. In this regard, both developed and developing organizations frequently check their products prices through consumer demands and other theories to get maximum profit from customer. To achieve this objective often organizations compare…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Cumberland Metal Industries is evaluating a new product that makes pile driving less costly and more efficient. The product is a cushion pad made from curled metal that prevents the shock of a hammer from damaging the hammer or the pile. Currently the industry uses asbestos pads and is the only form of…

Technical analysis is a very old discipline in market analysis. Created for the most part, by pure practitioners, it has most of the time been questioned, rejected or ignored by academic circles. However, technical analysis has developed over the centuries from clear chart reading into a state where many varying toolsets are used. The used…