A startup company is currently selling each unit of its product for $10.00 less than its total costs per unit. If the startup has an opportunity to expand its customer base by 10% through a marketing campaign, should the company consider the campaign?a) No, the company should shut down to avoid further losses.
b) Yes, if the additional customers would lower the average cost enough to make the firm profitable.
c) No, since the company is losing money on each unit sold, a greater quantity would lower profits further.
d) Yes, because more customers now will result in more profit in the future.

Northern lights electronics just completed plans to distribute its new tablet. the product has several unique features that differentiate it from competitor products. the marketing team plans to begin a roll-out with to only one traditional retailer for the first two months. this strategy will give consumers the perception of the product’s stand-out personality and increase demand. marketing will proceed with for the next four months, where it plans to distribute to three other retailers, as well. for the last six months of the year, it will initiate distribution agreements with discount retailers and online retailers, and any other electronics store that wants to carry it. the marketing team is confident that the tablet will cycle through the first three stages of its product life cycle quickly. as the tablet reaches maturity during the second half of its first year in the market, it is good strategy to proceed with as described above. intensive distribution; selective distribution; exclusive distribution exclusive distribution; selective distribution; intensive distribution tertiary level distribution; secondary level distribution; mono-level distribution mono-level distribution; secondary level distribution; tertiary level distribution