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4. For the most recent year, what is the amount of cost of goods sold in the

Thank you for the opportunity to assess your sales data in order to provide recommendations for increasing your sales. The analysis and recommendations below are based on the data you provided, which covers a period from May 2004 through June 2006. The analysis below is based on this data alone. Therefore, our recommendations should be tempered by your knowledge of business realities and your market. Please let us know if we can answer any questions concerning the analysis or the recommendations provided.

As an FMM student you have already done lots of shopping reports. This exercise is intended to show you how to use this information as an analytical tool.

(b) How many units will Yabba have to sell next year in order for it to achieve the same profit that it did this year?

Calculate cost of goods sold for the year. (Omit the "$" sign in your response.)

2.2 Quantify the size of the Australian market for your product in volume (000’s) and/or value ($000) terms. eg 500,000 units sold or $5,000,000 of value sold.

As per the conversation last week, the executive( Litha and Melody) were late to deliver their reports however I received there decks yesterday afternoon and I am consolidating as we speak.

This assignment is based around a retail organisation. This organisation is in the fashion sector, primarily selling ladies fashion (although it does have some lines for men and children). The organisation has 34 stores, primarily based in the Midlands and South of the UK. It tends to employ significant number of students during the holiday period (to help cover staff holidays) and it always employs a number of temporary workers in the busy weeks leading up to Christmas.

The location of the company is in a superb spot on Grand Central Avenue. It will be in a populated location, which will be great for drawing customers’ attention. There will be cameras everywhere around the building and inside the building to help prevent robberies and catch those that shoplift. All the employees will attend orientation and training, so they will know what to do if someone attempts to rob the store. A diverse group of people will shop here, from little boys and girls to hockey players and volleyball players. An important responsibility employees will have is to give customers a great price on our items, prices that they will not find anywhere else. Employee responsibility to the customers trading in items is to give them a decent amount of cash back so they will keep trading with the company. Company responsibility to its investors is to keep growing as a business so people will keep investing in

1) What should Kiril focus on next? What should be his highest and lowest priorities? Why?

a. Assuming the most current operational cost levels, what sales must it generate to recoup the above investment?

1. What ratios are MOST important in assessing current and predicting future value creation for Sears? For Wal-Mart?

net sales: $1,000,000 cost of goods sold: $700,000 rent: $20,000 wages: $100,000 other operating expenses: $50,000 net sales – all operating expenses = 530,000

Tired of trying to take his mind off the problem by focusing on the distant horizon, Hargrove was exploring the galley when Sanchez, his counterpart in sales, had walked in.

To maintain an 84.134% service level, what are the required total inventories for (1) the four retail store system, and (2) the online store system?