What is the present value of a 3-year annuity of $150 if the discount rate is 7%? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

Uppose stanley's office supply purchases 50,000 boxes of pens every year. ordering costs are $100 per order and carrying costs are $0.40 per box. moreover, management has determined that the eoq is 5,000 boxes. the vendor now offers a quantity discount of $0.20 per box if the company buys pens in order sizes of 10,000 boxes. determine the before-tax benefit or loss of accepting the quantity discount. (assume the carrying cost remains at $0.40 per box whether or not the discount is taken.)

You are a team of marketing consultants. it is 2008 and the great recession has struck. one of your clients is whole foods market (sometimes known as whole paycheck). wfm has come to you and asked for strategic advice on how to adapt their product and pricing strategies in light of the economic downturn: 1. advise wfm on the various approaches that could be taken to reducing price. be sure to consider potential psychological impact of price reductions on wfm consumers. 2. based on the options outlined in part 1, recommend an approach and support with marketing theory.

Acountry has reached a level of economic development where the manufacturing of both semidurable and nondurable consumer goods has just begun. also, the goods demanded relate to equipment and supplies to support manufacturing. in which stage of rostow’s five-stage model of economic growth does the country fit?