The group product manager for ointments at American Therapeutic Corporation was reviewing price and promotion alternatives for two products: Rash Away and Red Away. both Products were designed to reduce skin irritation, but red away was primarily a cosmetic treatment where as rash away also included a compound that eliminated the rash.
The price and promotion alternatives recommended for the two products by their respective brand mangers included the possibility of using additional promotion or a price reduction to stimulate sales volume. A volume, price, and cost summery for the products is as follows.
Rash Away Red Away
Unit Price $2.00 $1.00
Unit Variable Costs $1.40 $0.25
Unit Contribution $0.60 $0.75
Unit Volume 1,000,000 1,500,000
Both Brand Managers included a recommendation to either reduce price by 10 percent or invest an incremental $150,000 in advertising.
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How many additional sales dollars must be produced to cover each $1.00 of incremental advertising for Rash-Away? For Red Away?
The group product manager for ointments at American Therapeutic Corporation was reviewing price and promotion alternatives...
The group product manager for ointments at American Therapeutic Corpora-tion was reviewing price and promotion alternatives for two products: Rash-Away and Red-Away Both products were designed to reduce skin irritation, but Red-Away was primarily a cosmetic treatment whereas Rash-Away also included a compound that eliminated the rash. The price and promotion alternatives recommended for the two prod¬ucts by their respective brand managers included the possibility of using ad¬ditional promotion or a price reduction to stimulate sales volume. A volume, price,...
The group product manager for ointments at American Therapeutic Corporations was reviewing price and promotion alternatives for two products: Rash-Away and Red-Away. Both products were designed to reduce skin irritation, but Red-Away was primarily a cosmetic treatment whereas Rash-Away also included a compound that eliminated the rash. The price and promotion alternatives recommended for the two products by their respective brand managers included the possibility of using additional promotion or a price reduction to stimulate sales volume. A volume, price,...
The group product manager for ointments at American Therapeutic Corporation was reviewing price and promotion alternatives for two products: Rash Away and RedAway. both Products were designed to reduce skin irritation, but red away was primarily a cosmetic treatment where as rash away also included a compound thateliminated the rash.The price and promotion alternatives recommended for the two products by their respective brand mangers included the possibility of using additional promotion or aprice reductionto stimulate sales volume. A volume, price,...
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