Answer:
1. What amounts did Target report for the following items for the year ended January 30, 2016?
b) Income from current operations
$2,669 million
c) Net income or net loss
$2,737 million
d) Total assets
$37,431 million
e) Total equity
$10,953
2) What was Target’s basic earnings per share for the year ended January 30, 2016?
$4.74 per share
Why do you think Target has chosen to have its fiscal year end on January 30, as opposed to December 31?
I guess that Christmas Holiday season is very important for them and a large percentage of their revenue is generated during November and December. It reports at the end of January to have time to consolidate its financial statements.
3) Regarding Target’s audit report:
Who is Target’s auditor?
Ernst & Young
Did Target receive a "clean" (unmodified) audit opinion?
yes, it did
Answer:
False
Explanation:
QFD is the process by which the opinions or wants of customers are used to create products that meets the needs f consumers
Answer:
The company should accept the idea because profit will increase by $24,000.
Explanation:
A company is currently selling 10,000 units of product monthly for $40 per unit.
The unit contribution margin is $27.
The company believes that spending $50,000 per month on advertising will allow them to increase the selling price to $45 and that sales will increase by 750 units per month.
The unit contribution margin is the difference between selling price and variable cost per unit.
An increase in the selling price of $5 will cause the contribution margin to increase by $5, from $27 to $32.
Profits is the product of contribution margin and number of output.
At initial price, the profit was
= 
= $270,000
At the new price the profit will be
= 
- $50,000
= $344,000 - $50,000
= $294,000
The increase in profit
= $294,000 - $270,000
= $24,000
Monopoly is a seller<span> that is selling a unique product in the market and in a </span>monopoly<span> market, the seller faces no competition. </span>
A firm that is a monopoly can ignore the actions of other firms. From the given option the following best describes monopoly:
<span>C: A monopoly is a firm that is the only seller of a product in a given industry.</span>
Answer:
d. Is an acceptable strategy once a need has been identified and a suitable product has been selected.
Explanation:
A face to face selling of a product directly to business is one of the best example of personal selling e.g. cars, photocopier, office equipment etc.
