a. Calculate the children's department's contribution to profit. Determine whether to eliminate the children's department. b. Confirm the conclusion you reached in Requirement a by preparing income statements for the company as a whole with and without the children's department. c. Eliminating the children's department would increase space available to display men's and women's boots. Suppose management estimates that a wider selection of adult boots would increase the store's net earnings by $48,000. Would this information affect the decision that you made in Requirement a?
a. Calculate the children's department's contribution to profit. Determine whether to eliminate the children's department. b. Confirm the conclusion you reached in Requirement a by preparing income statements for the company as a whole with and without the children's department. c. Eliminating the children's department would increase space available to display men's and women's boots. Suppose management estimates that a wider selection of adult boots would increase the store's net earnings by $48,000. Would this information affect the decision that you made in Requirement a?
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Transcribed Image Text:Thornton Boot Company sells men's, women's, and children's boots. For each type of boot sold, it operates a separate department
that has its own manager. The manager of the men's department has a sales staff of nine employees, the manager of the women's
department has six employees, and the manager of the children's department has three employees. All departments are housed in a
single store. In recent years, the children's department has operated at a net loss and is expected to continue to do so. Last year's
income statements follow.
Sales
Cost of goods sold
Gross margin
Department manager's salary
Sales commissions
Rent on store lease
Store utilities
Net income (loss)
Req A
Req B
Req A
Req B
Required
a. Calculate the children's department's contribution to profit. Determine whether to eliminate the children's department.
b. Confirm the conclusion you reached in Requirement a by preparing income statements for the company as a whole with and without
the children's department.
c. Eliminating the children's department would increase space available to display men's and women's boots. Suppose management
estimates that a wider selection of adult boots would increase the store's net earnings by $48,000. Would this information affect the
decision that you made in Requirement a?
Req C
Men's
Department
$ 700,000
(273,500)
426,500
(68,000)
Sales
Cost of goods sold
Gross margin
Department manager's salary
Sales commissions
Rent on store lease
Store utilities
Net income (loss)
(122,200)
(37,000)
(20,000)
Req C
$ 179,300
Calculate the children's department's contribution to profit. Determine whether to eliminate the children's department.
Contribution to profit (loss)
Should the children's department be eliminated?
Women's
Department
$ 500,000
(182,800)
317,200
(57,000)
(91,600)
(37,000)
(20,000)
$ 111,600
Keep
Children's
Department
Children's
Department
$ 200,000
(104,875)
95, 125
(37,000)
(35,900)
(37,000)
(20,000)
$ (34,775)
Confirm the conclusion you reached in Requirement a by preparing income statements for the company as a whole with and
without the children's department.
Note: Enter amounts to be deducted with a minus sign.
Eliminate
Children's
Department
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