The sales data (in units) of book store has been extracted for the three terms over 3 years as follows; Term-1Term-2 Term-3 20204500 3,000 1,200 2021 6,000 4,200 2,400 20227,800 5,400 3,600 Required: Using multiplicative index, forecast sales for term-III (to the nearest 100) of the year 2023 given an annual sales forecast of 18,000 OA. 3,100 units B. 3,500 units OC. 3,300 units OD. 3,400 units

Don Williams received a memo requesting that he complete a trend analysis of the following numbers using 2021 as the base year. Sales Gross profit Net income 2024 $ 390,000 210,000 41,100 Could you help Don with the request? 2024 Sales Gross profit Net income % % % 2023 $ 462,000 285,000 53,100 2023 % % % 2022 2022 $ 486,000 410,000 23,100 % % % 2021 2021 $ 600,000 500,000 30,000 100 % 100 % 100 %

Discuss briefly the role unions and government agencies play in the design of procedures for the HR management process.

Selected comparative financial statements of Haroun Company follow. HAROUN COMPANY Comparative Income Statements For Years Ended December 31, 2021-2015 ($ thousands) Sales 2021 Cost of goods sold $ 1,769 1,271 2020 $ 1,549 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 $ 1,410 $ 1,292 $ 1,206 $ 1,121 $ 919 1,034 889 778 723 676 539 Gross profit 498 515 521 514 483 445 380 Operating expenses Net income 377 295 271 200 173 171 142 $ 121 $ 220 $ 250 $ 314 $ 310 $ 274 $ 238 HAROUN COMPANY Comparative Year-End Balance Sheets December 31, 2021-2015 ($ thousands) Assets Cash Accounts receivable, net Merchandise inventory Other current assets Long-term investments Plant assets, net Total assets Liabilities and Equity 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 $ 108 773 $ 142 812 $ 148 735 2,797 2,036 1,779 $ 151 564 1,499 $ 157 496 $ 155 $ 160 470 332 1,346 1,144 829 72 65 40 71 60 61 32 e B 220 220 220 220 3,422 3,409 2,982 1,683 $ 7,172 $ 6,464 $ 5,684 $ 4,188 $ 4,019 1,740 1,546 $ 3,596 $ 2,900 1,327 Current liabilities…

Suppose a firm has had the historical sales figures shown as follows. What would be the forecast for next year's sales using the average approach? Year 2017 2018 Sales $ 750,000 500,000 Multiple Choice O $695,000 $700,000 $750,000 $775.000 2019 $ 700,000 2020 $ 750,000 2021 $ 775,000

Calculate LTM (last twelve months) 9/30/2012 sales given the information below Sales data in millions YTD 9/30/2012 sales YTD 9/30/2011 sales YTD 9/30/2010 sales 2011 sales 2010 sales $1,900.7 $2,000.5 $2,100.0 Ⓒ$2,400.0 $1,600.0 1,450.0 1,375.0 2,250.0 2,000.0

A retailer ordered merchandise totaling $128,115.23 with terms 3.5%/10 net 40. What is the effective rate of return? Assume there are 365 days in a year.

Suppose a firm has had the following historic sales figures. What would be the forecast for next year's sales using the average approach? You must use the built-in Excel function to answer this question. Input area: Year Sales 2016 2017 2018 es es e $ 1,500,000 $ 1,750,000 $ 1,400,000 2019 $ 2,000,000 2020 $ 1,600,000 Output area: Next year's sales

Compute trend percents for the following accounts using 2020 as the base year. For each of the three accounts, state whether the situation as revealed by the trend percents appears to be favourable or unfavourable. 2024 2023 Sales Cost of goods sold Accounts receivable $ 553,119 290,122 26,882 $ 363,894 190,775 21,215 2022 $ 292,284 155,088 20,021 2021 $ 210,276 110,844 12,322 2020 $ 159,300 82,836 10,928 2024: 2023: 2022: 2021: 2020: Numerator: Trend Percent for Net Sales: 1 Is the trend percent for Net Sales favourable or unfavourable? 2024: 2023: 2022: 2021: 2020: Denominator: = Trend percent 0 % 0% 0% 0% 0 % Trend Percent for Cost of Goods Sold: Numerator: Denominator: Is the trend percent for Cost of Goods Sold favourable or unfavourable? = Trend percent 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Suppose a firm has had the following historic sales figures. Year: 2016 Sales $1,420,000 2017 $1,720,000 Next year's sales 2018 2019 2020 $1,600,000 $2,010,000 $1,770,000 What would be the forecast for next year's sales using FORECAST.ETS to estimate a trend? Note: Round your answer to the nearest whole dollar. 27