As is explained on both the Help screens for the Branded Sales Report and the Private-Label Sales Report, an exchange rate shift that causes the US$ to be weaker versus the Brazilian real - signaled by a negative percentage number for the Exchange Rate Impact on Cost of Pairs shipped from North America to Latin America (R per US$) in the Exchange Rate box on your Corporate Lobby screen
a. enhances the cost-competitiveness of footwear made in North American plants and exported to the Latin American distribution center for sale to Latin American footwear customers.
b. means that footwear made in North American plants can be exported and sold at a price in Latin America that is below the price of footwear made in Latin American plants and also sold in Latin America. .
c. immediately increases the revenues a company receives when it exports pairs made in its North American plant to its distribution center in Latin America.
d. means that a company can earn a bigger profit margin on pairs made in North American plants and exported to Latin America than it can make on pairs made and sold in North America.
e. enhances the cost-competitiveness of footwear made in Latin American plants and exported to the North American distribution center for sale to North American footwear customers.