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You own a clothing store and use a periodic inventory system. Research like companies in the clothing industry and answer the following questions.
• Which inventory system is most used in clothing stores, periodic or perpetual?
• Why can periodic inventory reporting be a better approach to use than perpetual inventory reporting for this type of industry?
• What are some of the advantages and disadvantages to the periodic inventory method?
• What other types of businesses may use the periodic inventory method rather than the perpetual method?
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