chain and improving customer service. We also made several strategic decisions to optimize our capital allocation‚ concentrating our efforts on our core business. In the first quarter‚ we closed 15 underperforming stores and reduced our pipeline of new stores by 50. In the third quarter‚ we renegotiated our private label credit card agreement‚ capping our cost of private label credit. In the fourth quarter‚ we announced our decision to exit EXPO and related businesses. These actions will make the
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Jones Ironworks Inc. Background Frederick Jones was a master blacksmith who emigrated from England to Erindale‚ Ontario where he set up his shop. From this small shop‚ Fred Jones plied his trade‚ shoeing horses and making wonderful wrought iron works‚ using simple forges and hand tools. His works can still be found in the village of historic structures like St. Peter’s Church‚ a masterpiece that sits high above the Credit River. In the true spirit of Frederic Jones‚ all the products are
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Borders Group‚ Inc. Logistic Management OUTLINE The book industry Borders Group‚ Inc. Phantom Stockout Borders.com & Future Step Q&A The Book industry In book industry‚ the product variety was enormous with more than 50‚000 titles‚ the variety of formats in which books were available had also increased. (Audio‚ leather‚ hardcover‚ paperback‚ and e-book) The sales market of book industry in U.S.A 1.68 billion in 1960s The industry
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Ocean Manufacturing‚ Inc. c as e 1.1 The new client acceptance decision Mark S. Beasley · Frank A. Buckless · Steven M. Glover · Douglas F. Prawitt l ea r n ing o bje C t ive s After completing and discussing this case you should be able to [1] Understand the types of information relevant to evaluating a prospective audit client [2] List some of the steps an auditor should take in deciding whether to accept a prospective client Identify and evaluate factors important to
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Simply Soups Inc.: A Teaching Case Designed to Integrate the Electronic Cash Confirmation Process into the Auditing Curriculum ABSTRACT: Simply Soups Inc.‚ a producer of organic canned soups‚ has hired your firm‚ Putnam and Jacobs LLP‚ to perform a financial statement audit for the year ended December 31‚ 2013. Using the PCAOB’s proposed standard on confirmations and electronic confirmations‚ you are to complete the testing of the cash balance reported by Simply Soups Inc. at year-end. Today
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Video Concepts Inc. Written Analysis and Communication - I Instructor Nitin Parmar Submitted by Manisha Kabra GMCS - Batch No. 25 Date January 20‚ 2011 Date: January 20‚ 2011 To: Chad Rowan‚ Owner‚ Video Concepts‚ Inc.‚ Lexington‚ North Carolina‚ United States. From: Manisha Kabra‚ Consultant Subject: Advice on alternative to select on account of no bright future growth in video rental business. This report is a summary and analysis of current situation on Video
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Toy World‚ Inc. Early in January 1994‚ Jack McClintock‚ President and part owner of Toy World‚ Inc.‚ was considering a proposal to adopt level monthly production for the coming year. In the past‚ the company’s production schedules had always been highly seasonal‚ reflecting the seasonality of sales. Mr. McClintock was aware that a marked improvement in production efficiency could result from level production‚ but he was uncertain what the impact on other phases of the business might
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Google Inc is a technology company that builds and provides products and services that organise information and make it universally accessible and useful to the general public‚ and it has arguably become a need in the everyday lives of people. As something that initially started as a research project for Stanford digital library‚ the concept began in march 1996 by Larry page and Serge Brin. the goal was to develop the enabling technologies from a single‚ integrated and universal digital library
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Imagination brings new inventions and ideas into ours world. Without inventions America would be nothing‚ our day to day lives would be harder‚ and more of a strain. Some of the inventions that made America are cars‚ airplanes‚ and the steam turbine. They changed America by bringing us at the peak of our game and making us a dominant nation. Cars for example were invented because people wanted to be transported faster. Now we don’t have to take a tiresome horse carriage ride everywhere we go. Pursuing
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History of Apple Inc Apple‚ the name itself commands regard and admiration. The world renowned computer company is actually the brain child of perhaps one of the greatest innovators that history has ever witnessed – Late Mr. Steve Jobs. His untimely death has left a permanent hole in the heart of every computer and gadget enthusiast. Steve Jobs‚ with his brain child Apple Inc‚ in the true sense revolutionized the way the world listened to music and operated the traditional computers. The beginning
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