2 XYZ produce chocolate bars and sell them to supermarkets. Its bestselling brand is ChocDelight. It is put in expensive packaging and is sold as a luxury

product. This bestselling chocolate bar has had high and steady sales for the

last five years, but recently sales have started to fall as it has now reached the

decline stage of the product life cycle.

a) What is meant by a 'brand'?

b) Identify two ways the business could react to the falling sales of the

chocolate bars.

c) Identify and explain two characteristics of the packaging of the

chocolate bars.

d) Identify and explain two possible reasons why XYZ's chocolate bars are

successful.

e) Do you think giving the chocolate bar a brand name was necessary for its

success? Justify your answer.

Dominic is the founder of an innovative "impromptu catering" business that provides elegant, healthy party food and decorations on less than 24 hours' notice. the company has grown by over 150 percent in the past year. dominic credits some of the company's success to studying the strategies of prominent social entrepreneurs, such as wikipedia's jimmy wales. what can dominic do to exemplify the social entrepreneurship model?

Exercise 4-9presented below is information related to martinez corp. for the year 2017.net sales $1,399,500 write-off of inventory due to obsolescence $80,440cost of goods sold 788,200 depreciation expense omitted by accident in 2016 43,600selling expenses 65,800 casualty loss 53,900administrative expenses 53,500 cash dividends declared 43,300dividend revenue 22,100 retained earnings at december 31, 2016 1,042,400interest revenue 7,420 effective tax rate of 34% on all items exercise 4-9 presented below is information relateexercise 4-9 presented below is information relate prepare a multiple-step income statement for 2017. assume that 61,500 shares of common stock are outstanding. (round earnings per share to 2 decimal places, e.g. 1.49.)prepare a separate retained earnings statement for 2017. (list items that increase retained earnings first.)

What is the present value of the following cash flow stream at a rate of 12.0%? years: 0 1 2 3 4| | | | |cfs: $0 $1,500 $3,000 $4,500 $6,000a. $9,699b. $10,210c. $10,747d. $11,284e. $11,849