Bold! Ltd. is a men and women's retail clothing chain with stores located across Canada. The company is looking for new equity investment to help finance a major expansion. A private investment fund is looking to place some money in the Canadian retail industry and is considering Bold! Ltd. You are an analyst for a private investment fund and your manager has asked you to analyze some the company€™s information for trends and insights. You have information relevant to inventory and Bold!€™s performance for the last seven years as well as other financial statement information that might be useful.

Required:
Prepare the report requested by your manager. Provide any ratios that you think appropriate. Be sure to interpret your results and explain the tools that you use to do theanalysis.

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Periods ended: 2017 2016 $000s 2015 2014 $000s 2013 2012 2011 S000s $65,420 63,240 5934066,540S7124670,15 $71,991 28,696 27,868 29,776 28,558 25,678 34,94631,82630,733,145 36,024 35,515 36,839 561(2201)(74)(28392,1584290 S000s $000s Operating revenue General and administrative expenses28,9727,9 Cost of sales Net income Cash and equivalents Inventories Accounts receivable 5,157 7,953 4,733 9,200 2,902 1,511 10,962 11,4242,939 11,612 11,966 14,812 15,465 194 4,189 8,232 8,477 302 290 161 238 254 3,770 240 Accounts payable and accrued liabilities Note: All purchases and sales are on credit. 3938 3,7554,2833,268 4,224