You have been hired as a marketing director for terraineous, a hiking apparel and footwear company. your most urgent problem is that sales of its newest product, a hiking boot, are failing to meet projections. in analyzing the situation, you learn that the company is falling short in customer service; no one has been designated to answer buyers' questions about how to clean and care for the boot. when you meet with the ceo, you want to pinpoint exactly which variable of the marketing mix is at the root of this problem. what should you tell her?

What would happen to the equilibrium price and quantity of lattés if the cost to produce steamed milk

Areal estate agent is considering changing her cell phone plan. there are three plans to choose from, all of which involve a monthly service charge of $20. plan a has a cost of $.42 a minute for daytime calls and $.17 a minute for evening calls. plan b has a charge of $.52 a minute for daytime calls and $.15 a minute for evening calls. plan c has a flat rate of $80 with 275 minutes of calls allowed per month and a charge of $.38 per minute beyond that, day or evening.a. determine the total charge under each plan for this case: 150 minutes of day calls and 70 minutes of evening calls in a month. (do not round intermediate calculations. round your answer to 2 decimal places. omit the "$" sign in your response.)c. if the agent will use the service for daytime calls, over what range of call minutes will each plan be optimal? (round each answer to the nearest whole number.include the indifference point itself in each answer.)d. suppose that the agent expects both daytime and evening calls. at what point (i.e., percentage of total call minutes used for daytime calls) would she be indifferent between plans a and b?

From what part of income should someone take savings?