The general merchandise retail industry has a number of segments represented by the following companies: Company Name Costco Wholesale Corporation Merchandise Concept Membership warehouse Wal-Mart Discount general merchandise JCPenney Company Department store For a recent year, the following cost of merchandise sold and beginning and ending inventories have been provided from corporate annual reports (in millions) for these three companies: Wal-Mart Costco JCPenney $365,086 Cost of merchandise sold $101,065 $8,074 Merchandise inventory, beginning Merchandise inventory, ending 45,141 8,908 2,721 8,456 44,858 2,652 a. Determine the inventory turnover ratio for all three companies. Round to two decimal places. b. Determine the days' sales in inventory for all three companies. Use 365 days and round to one decimal place. c. Interpret these results based on each company's merchandise concept.
The general merchandise retail industry has a number of segments represented by the following companies: Company Name Costco Wholesale Corporation Merchandise Concept Membership warehouse Wal-Mart Discount general merchandise JCPenney Company Department store For a recent year, the following cost of merchandise sold and beginning and ending inventories have been provided from corporate annual reports (in millions) for these three companies: Wal-Mart Costco JCPenney $365,086 Cost of merchandise sold $101,065 $8,074 Merchandise inventory, beginning Merchandise inventory, ending 45,141 8,908 2,721 8,456 44,858 2,652 a. Determine the inventory turnover ratio for all three companies. Round to two decimal places. b. Determine the days' sales in inventory for all three companies. Use 365 days and round to one decimal place. c. Interpret these results based on each company's merchandise concept.
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Transcribed Image Text:The general merchandise retail industry has a number of segments represented by the
following companies:
Company Name
Costco Wholesale Corporation
Merchandise Concept
Membership warehouse
Wal-Mart
Discount general merchandise
JCPenney Company
Department store
For a recent year, the following cost of merchandise sold and beginning and ending
inventories have been provided from corporate annual reports (in millions) for these
three companies:
Wal-Mart
Costco
JCPenney
$365,086
Cost of merchandise sold
$101,065
$8,074
Merchandise inventory, beginning
Merchandise inventory, ending
45,141
8,908
2,721
8,456
44,858
2,652
a. Determine the inventory turnover ratio for all three companies. Round to two decimal
places.
b. Determine the days' sales in inventory for all three companies. Use 365 days and round
to one decimal place.
c. Interpret these results based on each company's merchandise concept.
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