1. Discuss the pros and cons to launching the foxy brand in the United States. Pros | Cons | U.S. market is 10 times larger than Canada. With right business model and price‚ foxy would gain additional revenue and profit. The brand seeks great opportunity to further develop the business‚ enhance product design as well as company’s brand image. | U.S market is different in terms of tastes for jewellery. American preferred the latest trend regardless of the product’s origin. It might take foxy
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worries that the discount will hurt brand image as premium products. Furthermore‚ marketing’s consultants also think that discount has a negative impact on company’s profit. The argument between two departments focuses on the contribution margin. As a result‚ contribution margin is the key to solving the problem in this case. Approach: The consultant and sales manger use two ways to calculate the variable cost (VC). The consultant (Exhibit 1) added all the expense together‚ including direct labor
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Sales | $8‚583 | $8‚102 | $10‚711 | Variable Costs | | | | Cost of Goods Sold | $4‚326 | $4‚132 | $5‚570 | Commissions | $429 | $405 | $536 | Total Variable Costs | $4‚755 | $4‚537 | $6‚106 | Contribution Margin | $3‚828 | $3‚565 | $4‚605 | | | | | Fixed Costs | | | | Salaries | $2‚021 | $2‚081 | $3‚215 | Advertising | $254 | $250 | $257 | Administrative Expenses | $418 | $425 | $435 |
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week and have no setup time when switching between products. Market demand for each product is 80 units per week. In the questions that follow‚ the traditional method refers to maximizing the contribution margin per unit for each product‚ and the bottleneck method refers to maximizing the contribution margin per minute at the bottleneck for each product. Table 7.5 A company makes four products that have the following characteristics: Product A sells for $50 but needs $10 of materials and $15 of
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signal with financial leverage or taxes. Computing operating leverage would be easy if the proportion of fixed and variable costs could be known with certainty. Consider a stylized example: Operating leverage is computed by dividing the contribution margin (revenues less variable costs) by the operating income. In this case‚ operating leverage is 1.50 (300/200). So‚ a 10% increase in revenues should yield a 15% increase in operating income (10% * 1.5). As seen above‚ a 20% increase in sales yielded
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Variable Cost = 148+2321+40+(1372+94)*1.05 +32 = 4080.3 k Old Contribution = 9.41*750-4007 = 3050.5 k New Contribution = 8.64*1000-4080.3 = 4559.7 k Since the contribution margin is higher at 8.64$ therefore the company should decrease price. * 4. Answer 3 Profit is dependent on Total Contribution‚ because a product with higher contribution margin but lower sales won’t be able to give profits to the company. Hence‚ Actual total contribution decides profitability of the product. Thus‚ Product 101 is
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Sample Question 5312 Fall 2009 Student:___________________________________________________________________ 1. Corporate governance include concerns about: A. business ethics and social responsibility. B. the responsibilities of the board of directors. C. equitable treatment of stakeholders. D. disclosures and transparency. E. all of the above. 2. The most powerful corporate governance legislation to date has been: A. the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) of 2002. B. the creation
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Analyzing Flare Fragrances Co.‚ Inc. Joseph J Fortunato CR 504 Marketing Management May‚ 31‚ 2011 About Flare Fragrances: Flare Fragrances Company‚ a small women’s perfume manufacturer‚ was started in 1955. Since inception‚ Flare has grown to be the #4 player in the U.S. women’s fragrance market. For 2008 EOY estimates were $221 million dollars up 2% over 2007 sales. In 1975 Flare introduced the brand “Loveliest” which was their sole focus until 1996 when they introduced
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Bridgestone Behavioral Health Center: Cost-Volume-Profit (CVP) Analysis INTRODUCTION In June of the current year Dr. Thomas Russell‚ Executive Director‚ and Susan Smyth‚ Accountant‚ at the Bridgestone Behavioral Health Center were discussing the necessity of gaining a better understanding of how to monitor the Center’s operating and financial performance. Located in Cleveland‚ Ohio‚ Bridgestone provides prevention‚ intervention‚ and treatment services for individuals with substance abuse problems
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business strategies. By gathering information on market demand and combining it with a marketing strategy that focuses on higher margin products‚ companies are able to continue and increase profits and survive. The Cost Volume Profit Analysis is the paramount and most cost efficient way of doing so. By understanding the economic consequences of cost structure‚ contribution margin‚ and break-even sensitivity‚ a business can create a decision model to enhance the company’s profitability. A brief outline
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