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Chapter 15, Problem 15.25E
Revenue allocation, bundled products. Couture Corp sells Samsung 7 cases. It has a Men’s Division and a Women’s Division. Couture is now considering the sale of a bundled product called Dynamic Duo consisting of Smarty, a men’s case, and Sublime, a women’s case. For the most recent year, Couture sold equal quantities of Smarty and Sublime and reported the following:
- 1. Allocate revenue from the sale of each unit of Dynamic Duo to Smarty and Sublime using the following: Required
- a. The stand-alone revenue-allocation method based on selling price of each product
- b. The incremental revenue-allocation method, with Smarty ranked as the primary product
- c. The incremental revenue-allocation method, with Sublime ranked as the primary product
- d. The Shapley value method
- 2. Of the four methods in requirement 1, which one would you recommend for allocating Couture’s revenues to Smarty and Sublime? Explain.
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Revenue allocation, bundled products. Couture Corp sells Samsung 7 cases. It has a Men’s Division and a Women’s Division. Couture is now considering the sale of a bundled product called Dynamic Duo consisting of Smarty, a men’s case, and Sublime, a women’s case. For the most recent year, Couture sold equal quantities of Smarty and Sublime and reported the following:
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