A dependable and attractive strategy for managers to use in trying to boost their company's EPS is to spend at least $1 million to $3 million more on advertising than any other company in all four regions, the resulting annual increases in sales volumes, revenues, and profits will normally boost the company's EPS concentrate the company's production of footwear at a large-scale production facility in the Asia-Pacific--the resulting super-low production costs and the ability to produce 500 models/styles cheaper than any other production facility in the world will typically yield consistent annual increases in total prorts and EPS in step with the rising global demand for branded footwear use debt to finance most all of the company's capital expenditures (to the extent that maintaining a B+ credit rating or higher will allow) and then use most all of the company's cash flows from operations every year to repurchase shares of common stock market branded footwear with a 9-star or higher S/Q rating in all four geographic regions and strive to be the dominant provider of private-label footwear in all four geographic regions every year, the added revenues and profits on the extra sales of branded and private label footwear worldwide will normally cause the company's EPS to increase in most years offer 500 models/styles of branded footwear in all four geographic regions and strive to win a sufficient number of contracts for celebrity endorsements to achieve and maintain a celebrity appeal rating of 225 or higher in each geographic region, the resulting increases