OPIM340 Retail Operations Assignment 1: Retail Valuation (45 points) Due: start of class Lecture 2 1. How does the strategic profit model assist retailers in planning and evaluating their marketing and financial strategies? (Limit your answer to 3-4 sentences max) (3 points) 2. Explain inventory turnover? Why does a low inventory turnover indicate more risk than a high turnover? Why do different products have different benchmarks for inventory turnover? (3 points) Average Inventory
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Public (BMAD: ITX) | Founded | A Coruña‚ Spain (1974) | Founder(s) | Amancio Ortega Rosalía Mera | Headquarters | Arteixo‚ A Coruña‚ Spain | Key people | Amancio Ortega (Chairman) Pablo Isla (CEO) Ignacio Fernández (CFO) | Industry | Retail | Products | Clothing‚ Accessories | Revenue | €10.41 billion (2008)[1] | Operating income | ▲ €1.609 billion (2008)[1] | Net income | ▲ €1.253 billion (2008)[1] | Employees | 89‚110 (2008)[1] | Subsidiaries | Zara‚ Pull and Bear‚ Bershka
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THE FINANCIAL AUDIT – THE GUARANTOR OF THE TRUE AND FAIR VIEW SUPPLIED BY THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Boa-Avram Florin Babe-Bolyai University‚ Cluj-Napoca‚ Faculty of Economical Science and Business Administration‚ St. Teodor Mihali‚ No. 58-60‚ 400591‚ Romania‚ botaavramflorin@yahoo.com‚ Tel: 0740-886491 Mati Dumitru Babe-Bolyai University‚ Cluj-Napoca‚ Faculty of Economical Science and Business Administration‚ St. Teodor Mihali‚ No. 58-60‚ 400591‚ Romania‚ dmatis@econ.ubbcluj.ro‚ Tel:
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Ch. 2. Professional Standards 2-1. Generally Accepted Auditing standards (GAAS) -Audit procedure -Audit standard 2-2. Fundamental Principle: Responsibilities -Competence and Capabilities -Independence and Due care --Independence in fact --Independence in appearance -Professional Skepticism and Professional Judgment 2-3. Fundamental Principle: Performance -Reasonable Assurance -Planning and Supervision --Audit plan -Materiality -Risk Assessment --Internal Control --Risk of Material misstatement --Inherent
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Malmo Bakers & Sweets Introduction: Malmo is a bakery chain with its outlets in Lahore. Malmo’s chairman Shaikh Mumtaz inaugurated Malmo sweets and bakers 1st branch on Aug 13th 2012 at Chung stop Lahore. Malmo desires to provide quality food with low price to their customers. Malmo sweets and bakers is a family inherited business and they are professional in sweets and bakers. Malmo wants to meet the demand of people with reasonable prices. Malmo wants to open its branches all around in Pakistan
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Case Study 1 – Thorntons PLC To: Equity Fund Manager Date: 16 January 2013 From: Ivor Addict Subject: Thorntons plc Note: Introduction (note: some comments are obtained from reviewing the company’s website and that the use of company and group both refer to Thorntons group. The footnotes are only included to provide an indication as to where the information came from‚ they are not intended to be comprehensive. Some of the comments have been included to aid understanding
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INTERNAL AUDIT 1 Internal audit ‘Internal audit’ is an appraisal activity established by management for the review of accounting and internal control systems as a service to the entity. It reviews‚ monitors and make recommendations for the improvement of systems. Other activities include: Examination of financial information Review of economy‚ efficiency and effectiveness (‘value-for-money’ audits) Review of compliance with external laws and regulations Review of internal policies Review
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Explanation of what a marketing audit is: The purpose of a marketing audit is to review and appraise existing marketing activities and to look at the way the marketing is planned and managed‚ giving the opportunity for a systematic examination of each element of the organisations current marketing activity and achievements‚ and to objectively evaluate the effectiveness of the organisations investment in marketing. The marketing audit assists in the evaluation of the whole marketing activity‚ and
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PRODUCT LINES...................................................09 * STORE LOCATION………………………………14 * STORE OPERATIONS…………………………....15 * STOREFORMATS………………….................…..18 * CONCLUSION…………………….................……19 Introduction Retail consists of the sale of physical goods or merchandise from a fixed location‚ such as a department store‚ boutique or kiosk‚ or by mail‚ in small or individual lots for direct consumption by the purchaser. Retailing may include subordinated services
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Chapter 1 – The demand for an Auditing and Assurance Profession Key Services for Public Accounting Firms Audits High Assurance (95% - 99%) Reviews Moderate Assurance (60% - 70%) Compilation Low to No Assurance (0% - 10%) Assurance Engagements (Triangle diagram based on the subject matter at hand) Practitioner (Auditor) Users Accountable Party (Management) Practitioners give the Users a written conclusion Accountable party must have an accountability relationship with the Users
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