"We upped the advertising, I don’t understand," Tina said shaking her head.

"You’re not taking into consideration the economic recession," Bette said looking up Tina, they had stayed late figuring out why the quota had not only not been met but also diminished greatly then what they used to make on a normal basis.

"So raising our prices won’t work in this situation," Helena said.

"Exactly, you have a high demand for your product, but they’re too costly and that’s a risk," Bette said, "if you don’t go back to your original prices this company is going to lose a lot of money, fast."

Tina gulped, "and if we do that will we reach our quota?"

"Absolutely not," Bette said, "you’ll recover what you’ve lost but we will not increase the capital like you want to."

"Fuck," Tina growled angrily, "then what do we do?"

"The only way to reach your goal is to lower the cost you pay as well as the cost for the demand, the money will increase ten-fold."

"Meaning?" Helena said a little frustrated.

"Meaning you would have to pay less for the materials you use and charge the same regular price," Bette said, "with the money you saved in addition to the money you make you should hit the goals."

"We can definitely do that," Tina said, "how about 70 percent cotton, 30 percent polyester?"

"It’ll be very unnoticable to upper class clients," Helena said.

"Perfect but I highly suggest you go no lower than that," Bette said, "any lower will be noticed by the clients and the sales will drop substantially. You will hit your goal it’ll just take longer to get there."

"No, I have shareholder meetings every month and if they don’t see the progress they will give the presidency to Daniel Schecter," Tina said, "if my goal takes longer they won’t give me a chance, Daniel will take over."

"If we go lower we’ll lose too much Tina," Helena said, "let’s start off this way and look for other alternatives."

"And what about the meeting?" Tina said, "we have it tomorrow and I can’t show this! I’ll lose my post."

Helena thought about it for a moment then looked at Bette, "Bette, you are an expert in company bills aren’t you?"