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The group product manager for ointments at American Therapeutic Corporation was

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Question

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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What absolute increase in unit sales and dollars sales will be necessary to recoup the incremental increase in advertising expenditures for Rash Away? For Red Away"

Explanation / Answer

how many additional sales dollatrs must be produced to cover each 1.00 of incremental advertising for rash away? red away?