Save-A-Lot Wally's Mart Inventories ($MM) Sales (net $MM) COGS ($MM) 5,743 40,694 59,217 397,206 53,962 316,606

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The attached table shows financial data (year 2009) for two US retailers: Save-A-Lot Retailers and Wally’s Mart. 

Assume that both companies have an average annual holding cost rate of 20% (i.e. it costs both retailers $2 to hold an item for one entire year that they procured for $10).

How many days, on average, does a product stay in Save-A-Lot’s inventory before it is sold? Assume that stores operate 365 days a year.

Save-A-Lot
Wally's Mart
Inventories ($MM)
Sales (net $MM)
COGS ($MM)
5,743
40,694
59,217
397,206
53,962
316,606
Transcribed Image Text:Save-A-Lot Wally's Mart Inventories ($MM) Sales (net $MM) COGS ($MM) 5,743 40,694 59,217 397,206 53,962 316,606
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