Veblen Company Manufactures a Variety of Athletic Shoes: Basketball,running,and Tennis

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Essay

Veblen Company manufactures a variety of athletic shoes: basketball,running,and tennis.Sales of the tennis shoes have fallen off.Veblen is considering several options: 1)drop the tennis shoe line; 2)replace the tennis shoe line with golf shoes; 3)retool the tennis shoe line to make "Airtennies." Price and cost data are as follows:
If the tennis shoe line is dropped,the $50,000 fixed cost is totally avoidable.

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