COPY MINI CASE: Speedy Copy Just Opened a New Store

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COPY MINI CASE: Speedy Copy just opened a new store in South Hills Shopping Center.The store offers copy, fax, and binding services, and sells related office supplies.To encourage people to visit the store, Speedy Copy sends a flier to local homes and businesses with a coupon for using their services.In an attempt to discourage similar stores from opening in the surrounding shopping centers, Speedy Copy has priced its services to be very inexpensive, in the hopes that increased consumer purchase volumes will balance out the store's decreased profit margin. Ken works just down the street from South Hills Shopping Center and makes a point of visiting Speedy Copy on its opening day.He finds the store to be understaffed and under equipped to meet his needs and sends an e-mail to his friends at work, telling them that the store isn't worth visiting.
-In the COPY MINI CASE,Speedy Copy is employing a(n) ________ by offering very low prices to discourage market entry by competitive firms.

• A) skimming policy
• B) crowding policy
• C) anticompetitive policy
• D) standardization policy
• E) penetration policy

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Definitions:

Variable Costs

Costs that vary directly with the level of production or output, such as materials and labor.

Cost of Goods Manufactured

The total production cost of goods completed and moved out of work-in-process inventory during a period, including labor, materials, and overhead.

Units Manufactured

The total number of units produced by a manufacturing process within a specific period.

Net Income

The total earnings of a company after subtracting all expenses, including taxes and operating costs, from its total revenues.