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1. Assume you have a friend who owns a company that manufactures mountain bikes. She considers you to be a savvy marketer and needs your advice. She tells you that her company recently reduced the price of her most popular bike by 10%. In response, sales boomed and she added a second production shift to keep up with demand. At the same time, profits dropped. She is confused by this result. What she wants you to explain to her is how a price decrease that increases volume and sales can result in a profit decrease. What do you tell her?
2. Coffee and doughnuts were both price elastic and also cross elastic complements, with the margin on doughnuts being much higher, how would you vary prices to increase overall profitability? Can you think of other cross elastic products?
3. Your friend who owns the mountain bike company was so impressed with your answer to her previous question that she wants you to help her price a new product her company is preparing to launch. The product is a mountain tricycle for adults. No competitor offers a similar trike. She has obtained exclusive distribution deals with several national sporting goods chains and WalMart. Which pricing strategy do you recommend: skimming, competitive, or penetration? Why? What factors and assumptions would influence your choice of new product price strategies?
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1. The reason behind the dip in profits is the fact that profit margins reduced due to price cut were not offset by the increase in volume. In other words, the benefits gained due to increased sales volume did not yield benefit because the reduced priced declined profit margins as well. If the company had ...
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