ВУЗ:
Составители:
Рубрика:
3
"Five years ago, at a time when we had difficulties in obtaining reliable supplies of high-
quality wool fabric, we discontinued production of our deluxe alpaca overcoats. Now
that we have a new fabric supplier, we should resume production. This coat should sell
very well: since we have not offered an alpaca overcoat for five years and since our
major competitor no longer makes an alpaca overcoat, there will be pent-up customer
demand. Also, since the price of most types of clothing has risen in each of the past five
years, customers should be willing to pay significantly higher prices for alpaca overcoats
than they did five years ago, and our company profits will increase."
------------------------------
2) The following appeared in a memo from the president of a company that builds and
sells new homes in Steel City.
"Over the past five years, the population of Steel City has increased by more than 20
percent, and family incomes in Steel City have risen much faster than the national
average. Nationwide, sales of houses priced above $150,000 have increased more than
have sales of lower-priced houses. Such data indicate that we should make changes in
our business to increase company profits. First, we should build fewer low-priced houses
than we did last year and focus instead on building houses designed to sell at above
$150,000. Second, we should hire additional workers so that we can build a larger total
number of houses than we did last year."
------------------------------
3) A recent sales study indicated that consumption of seafood dishes in Bay City
restaurants has increased by 30 percent over the past five years. Yet there are no
currently operating city restaurants that specialize in seafood. Moreover, the majority of
families in Bay City are two-income families, and a nationwide study has shown that
such families eat significantly fewer home-cooked meals than they did a decade ago but
at the same time express more concern about eating healthily. Therefore, a new Bay City
restaurant specializing in seafood will be quite popular and profitable.
------------------------------
