higher or lower?

ACME Consulting emphasizes a relationship selling approach to generate new business for their services. For each of the basic steps in the personal selling process, specify whether ACME is likely to spend a lower or higher amount of time in that step relative to their competitor ConsultAll Inc., who utilizes a traditional selling approach. Time spent generating leads is [ Select ] Time spent qualifying leads is [ Select ] Time spent probing customer needs is [ Select ] Time spent developing and probing solutions is [ Select ] Time spent handling objections is [ Select ] Time spent closing the sale is [Select ]A producer manufactures a product at an average cost of $15.00. Assume they achieve a 40% margin when selling the product to wholesalers. If wholesalers' markup on the product is 30%, and retailers' markup on the product is 70%, what will the retail price to consumers be? Round to the nearest $0.01, but do not enter the dollar sign. You are the product manager for a mattress (like Casper or Purple) that sells directly to consumers for $595. Your variable costs are $175 per unit, and you currently have xed costs of $2,500,000. You are considering spending an additional $500,000 on advertising next quarter. How many additional mattresses would you need to sell to break even on the incremental advertising investment? Round to the nearest whole number