What should we price Fragrance

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What should we price Fragrance at if we want to have a 45.6% margin. Account for unit cost, period expenses and overhead. The production cost is in the report. Ignore inventory carrying costs and assume period expenses and overhead is 50% of production cost. What should the price point be?

 

Info given for Fragrance:

 

Category

 

Sales $28,413

 

Variable Costs

 

Direct Material $11,755

 

Direct Labor $7,763

 

Inventory Carry $76

 

Total Variable Costs (Labor, Material, Carry) $19,594

 

Category

 

Contribution Margin $8,819

 

Period Costs Depreciation

 

$1,193

 

SG&A $0

 

R&D $970

 

Promotions $1,245

 

Sales $1,795

 

Administration $225

 

Total Period Costs $5,428

 

Net Margin $3,391

 

Current Price $38

 

Current Contribution Margin 31%

 

Total units produced this year 748

 

Material cost per unit: $16.12

 

Labor cost per unit: 10.38

 

PRICING OPTIONS:

 

26.50

 

46.38

 

72.80

 

39.75

 

52.21

 

Please include all calculations

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