TM SC Johnson distributes their OFF! Clip on product through various retail distribution channels (retailers). Based on current pricing strategy, they recommend each retailer sell each OFF! Clip on for $7.99. Each retailer purchases the OFF! Clip on from SC Johnson for $3.75 (wholesale price) and SC Johnson's variable costs are $2.07. One of the retailer's has decided to make a large volume purchase of the OFF! Clip on product so they can run a significant in-store price promotion to stimulate greater customer demand. This retailer wants to calculate what the increase in demand will need to be if they receive a special wholesale price per unit from SC Johnson at $3.50 per unit and the retailer applies a 25% promotional discount to their retail price. Based on this information, using the volume hurdle formula, calculate what volume hurdle % the retailer must achieve to break-even with this promotion.
TM SC Johnson distributes their OFF! Clip on product through various retail distribution channels (retailers). Based on current pricing strategy, they recommend each retailer sell each OFF! Clip on for $7.99. Each retailer purchases the OFF! Clip on from SC Johnson for $3.75 (wholesale price) and SC Johnson's variable costs are $2.07. One of the retailer's has decided to make a large volume purchase of the OFF! Clip on product so they can run a significant in-store price promotion to stimulate greater customer demand. This retailer wants to calculate what the increase in demand will need to be if they receive a special wholesale price per unit from SC Johnson at $3.50 per unit and the retailer applies a 25% promotional discount to their retail price. Based on this information, using the volume hurdle formula, calculate what volume hurdle % the retailer must achieve to break-even with this promotion.
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