Three types of retail businesses are being compared: (a) jewelry store, (b) book store, and (c) grocery supermarket The type with the highest inventory turnover is most likely to be  The type with the lowest rate of gross profit is most likely to be

Q: Sales revenue is generated by the sale of inventory. Companies can choose between the perpetual and…

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Q: hich of the following statements relative to book (perpetual) inventory systems Is false? a. Use of…

A: Answer: Book inventory systems is defined as the inventory system which records inventory based on…

Q: WalMart and other retailers have computerized cash registers to ring up sales. How does this feature…

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Q: A major advantage of the retail inventory method is that it hides costs from competitors and…

A: Inventory is the current asset (goods or stock) which is held for the business for sale purpose.…

Q: In a store, merchandise is classified by a number (1, 2, or 3) and a letter (A or B). The…

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Q: 2. How would you expect the ratios to differ between a discount supermarket and luxury retailer? A.…

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Q: What additional accounts would you expect to find in a manufacturing firm and how do they relate to…

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Q: Discuss the difference between the multiple-step and single-step forms of the income statement.…

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Q: Choose the statement which is correct. Assume that inventory prices are rising. Select one: a. The…

A: LIFO means last in first out where as FIFO means first in first out. Inventory and cost of goods…

Q: Describe the differences in merchandise assortments for convenience stores, supermarkets, box…

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Q: The two basic approaches to accounting for inventory and thecost of goods sold are the perpetual…

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Q: The conventional retail inventory method is based on:   Multiple Choice   Average cost.   LIFO…

A: The conventional retail method is based on the relation between the cost of the product and the…

Q: retail businesses, the largest expense is created 2. When merchandise that was sold is returned, a…

A: Sales returns : A contra revenue account is what is used to describe sales refunds and allowances.…

Q: The ability to lower overall inventory warehousing costs is an advantage of which type of system…

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Q: Walmart uses a perpetual inventory system. Which of the following is a reason why Walmart needs to…

A: Periodic inventory system is that inventory system under which all transactions related to inventory…

Q: A store engaged in reselling jewelries would least likely employ which inventory system? a.…

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Q: During a period of rising inventory prices, a company's cost of goods sold would be higher using the…

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Q: Identify the following as applying more to lean (L) or to traditional (T) businesses. Inventory…

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Q: Identify which of the statements below are true (T) or false (F). Lean businesses aim to: Reduce…

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Q: compute the ending inventory using the retail method. Explain the steps that you would use in…

A: Inventory is the good which are the products which company have for the purpose of sale by the…

Q: When a retailer sells merchandise to a customer on credit which one of the following accounts is…

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Q: Keeping track of inventory and keeping carrying costs down.  How do you think those issues would…

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Q: A merchandising business purchases goods for resale. A merchandiser makes a profit by selling goods…

A: Under the FIFO method, the cost of goods sold contains the cost of the earliest purchases. Under the…

Q: True of False: 1. Merchandise inventory consists of products that a company acquires to resell to…

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Q: During periods of declining prices, when comparing LIFO and FIFO inventory methods:   A. LIFO…

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Q: Which statements below are true? 1. LCM and LCNRV may be applied by individual products, by…

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Q: Which of the following accounts is used in merchandising but not in service type of business?…

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Q: discuss which inventory valuation methods would most likely be used by the following businesses and…

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Q: (True or False?) The income statement for a retailer shows both gross profit and profit.

A: Gross profit = Sales - Cost of goods sold  Net Profit =  Total Revenue - Total Expenses

Q: Assume the perpetual inventory; system is used unless stated otherwise. Round all numbers to the…

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Q: Using the following accounts, classify each of them as part of cost of sales (COS), selling expense…

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Q: Which company would likely have the highest inventory turnover ratio? grocery store O electronics…

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Q: B-Marts' large proportion of merchandise held on consignment from suppliers. Which account balance…

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Q: Discuss the two (2) components of every Sales dollar, and defend the choice of a business to utilize…

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Inventory Valuation

Before discussing the topic inventory valuation let’s discuss the meaning of inventory. In accounting, inventory is also known as stock. Inventory means all the finished goods, materials, merchandise that a business holds for the purpose of selling it in the market with the motive of earning profit.