Signs

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Case Prompt

Our client is a retail sign manufacturer. In the past month, revenue has gone from $30,000 to $18,000.

Revenues have gone down but the number of sales have gone up.

What’s going on here and what can we do to increase revenues?

Overview of the Case

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