$\backslash$table$[[\backslash$table$[[$Store$],[$Name$]],\backslash$table$[[$Type of$],[$Store$]],$Sales,GM$,$BOM,$\backslash$table$[[$Average$],[$Inventory$],[$at Cost$]],\backslash$table$[[$Stock to$],[$Sales$],[$Ratio$],[($stock$],[$turn$)]],\backslash$table$[[$Sales$-],[$to$-],[$Stock$],[$Ratio$]],\backslash$table$[[$GMROI$],[$Ratio$]]],[$Lucy$\text{'}$s$,\backslash$table$[[$Department$],[$Store$]],$$$86,000,45\%,$$$302,650,$$$36,500,,,],[\backslash$table$[[$Ben$\text{'}$s Surf$],[$Shop$]],$Specialty,$$62,000,55\%,$$$187,600,$$$15,640,,,],[\backslash$table$[[$Leia$\text{'}$s Lux$],[$Goods$]],\backslash$table$[[$Luxury$],[$Specialty$]],$$$110,900,60\%,$$$160,000,$$$42,375,,,],[$Busters$,$Discount,$$140,000,26\%,$$$562,000,$$$17,600,,,]]$

What is the stock$-$to$-$sales ratio for Ben's Surf Shop?

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What is the sales$-$to$-$stock ratio for Lucy's?

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What is the GMROI for Busters?

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What is the sales$-$to$-$stock ratio for Leia's Lux Goods?

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What is the stock$-$to$-$sales ratio for Leia's Lux Goods?

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What is the GMROI for Leia's Lux Goods?

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What is the stock$-$to$-$sales ratio for Lucy's?

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Discuss which company has the lowest gross margin and explain why this may be the case based on the type of retailer.

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Discuss which company has the highest gross margin and explain why this may be the case based on the type of retailer.

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Discuss which company had the highest stock turnover and explain why this may be the case based on the type of retailer.

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Discuss which company had the lowest GMROI and explain what factors may contribute to these results.

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If measuring success of each company based on sales$-$to$-$stock turn, which company performed the best?

Lucy's

Ben's Surf Shop

Leia's Lux Goods

Busters

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If measuring success of each company based on GMROI, which company preformed the best?

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Denver Sporting Goods Stores

A buyer at a sporting goods store in Denver receives a shipment of $400$ ski parkas on October $1$ and expects to sell out by $31.$ On November $1,$ the buyer still has $350$ parkas left. What is the projected sell through percent and the actual sell through percent?

Choose two answers $($the projected sell through percent and the actual sell through percent$).$

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$87\mathrm{.}5\%$

$14\mathrm{.}0\%$

$12\mathrm{.}5\%$

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Denver Sporting Goods Stores

A buyer at a sporting goods store in Denver receives a shipment of $400$ ski parkas on October $1$ and expects to sell out by $31.$ On November $1,$ the buyer still has $350$ parkas left. Based on the actual sell through percent, what issues should the buyer consider in evaluating the selling season$$s progress? What actions should the buyer take?

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Why have retailers found exclusive store brands to be an appealing branding option? Choose a department store, a discount store, and a grocery store. What exclusive store brands are offered? How are store brands positioned in relation to national$-$brand counterparts?

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Variety, assortment, and product availability are the cornerstones of the merchandise planning process. Provide examples of retailers that have done an outstanding job of positioning their stores based on one or more of these issues. Provide three examples including a retailer that focuses on variety, a retailer that focusing on assortment, and a retailer that focuses on product availability. Substantiate and explain your answer.

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Determine sales$-$to$-$stock ratio for the four$-$month period, February$--$May, using the following figures:

BOM Stock Net Sales

February $$18,000$ $$17,500$

March $$25,000$ $$20,000$

April $$32,000$ $$28,500$

May $$30,000$ $$26,000$

June $$20,000$ $$18,000$

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After developing a plan for managing merchandise inventory in a category, the next step in the merchandise management process is to allocate the merchandise purchased and received to the retailer$$s stores. What considerations should be taken into account when allocating merchandise? Explain your answer.