International Price Setting (Scenario)

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International Price Setting (Scenario)
The Comfy Couch Corporation (CCC) is a leading American manufacturer of sofas, sectionals, and lounge chairs. Managers from the U.S.-based firm recently met a London retailer who expressed an interest in selling CCC lounge chairs in his stores. The retailer sells a number of different furniture brands in his stores, so CCC managers need to price their furniture appropriately if the firm is to be competitive in the European market.
-If CCC managers employ rigid cost-plus pricing they would most likely be disadvantaged because ________.

• A) rigid cost-plus pricing often fails to account for local market conditions
• B) through rigid cost-plus pricing, added costs of doing business abroad cannot be adjusted
• C) rigid cost-plus pricing overly focuses on the prevailing conditions in the local markets
• D) rigid cost-plus pricing is primarily driven by buyer demand in the local markets

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