LIT-160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Kate Chopin

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10 Jan 2022

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In the short story (storm), kate chopin, the writer uses the storm to progress the story. It starts with bobinot and bibi inside the store when they try to indicate the cloudy storm approaching them while they remain inside the store. The present of the storm becomes the force that drives the story and the affair. It can also be seen that kate chopin use the storm setting to bring alc e and calixta together which accomplish the real goal of the storm setting. The meeting of the two may not be well established without the use of the storm in the story. Kate chopin use the opportunity of the storm for the two to start their affair and little by little until it reach it most intense. Kate chopin later changes the way she use the storm. She uses it to lead and provoke the story and also use it to represent the romance in the story.

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Ramona's Clothing is a retail store specializing in women's clothing. The store has established a liberal return policy for the holiday season in order to encourage gift purchases. Any item purchased during November and December may be returned through January 31, with a receipt, for cash or exchange. If the customer does not have a receipt, cash will still be refunded for any item under $75. If the item is more than $75, a check is mailed to the customer.
Whenever an item is returned, a store clerk completes a return slip, which the customer signs. The return slip is placed in a special box. The store manager visits the return counter approximately once every two hours to authorize the return slips. Clerks are instructed to place the returned merchandise on the proper rack on the selling floor as soon as possible.
This year, returns at Ramona's Clothing have reached an all-time high. There are a large number of returns under $75 without receipts.
a. How can sales clerks employed at Ramona's Clothing use the store's return policy to steal money from the cash register?

b. What internal control weaknesses do you see in the return policy that make cash thefts easier?

c. Would issuing a store credit in place of a cash refund for all merchandise returned without a receipt reduce the possibility of theft?

Classify the following as either advantages or disadvantages of issuing a store credit in place of cash.
A clerk could only issue a phony store credit rather than taking money from the cash register.

The store would lose less revenue if customers had to choose other store merchandise instead of getting a cash refund.

Issuing only a store credit for returns without a receipt is a stricter return policy that may affect gift-givers' purchase decisions.

Sales clerks will need to be trained to apply the new policy and write up a store credit. They will also need to be trained to handle the redemption of the store credit on future merchandise purchases.

d. Assume that Ramona's Clothing is committed to the current policy of issuing cash refunds without a receipt. Are there any changes that could be made in the store's procedures regarding customer refunds in order that would improve internal control?

PROBLEM 5-30 Graphing; Incremental Analysis; Operating Leverage [L05-2, L05-4, L05-5, L05-6, LO5-8] Angie Silva has recently opened The Sandal Shop in Brisbane, Australia, a store that specializes in fashionable sandals. Angie has just received a degree in business and she is anxious to apply the principles she has learned to her business. In time, she hopes to open a chain of sandal shops. As a first step, she has prepared the following analysis for her new store: $40 $24 Sales price per pair of sandals ........ Variable expenses per pair of sandals ..... Contribution margin per pair of sandals ...... Fixed expenses per year: Building rental ......... Equipment depreciation .. Selling ....... Administrative ..... Total fixed expenses ...... $15,000 7,000 20,000 18,000 $60,000 Required: 1. How many pairs of sandals must be sold each year to break even? What does this represent in total sales dollars? 2. Prepare a CVP graph or a profit graph for the store from zero pairs up to 4,000 pairs of sandals sold each year. Indicate the break-even point on your graph. 3. Angie has decided that she must earn at least $18,000 the first year to justify her time and effort. How many pairs of sandals must be sold to reach this target profit? 4. Angie now has two salespersons working in the store—one full time and one part time. It will cost her an additional $8,000 per year to convert the part-time position to a full-time position. Angie believes that the change would bring in an additional $25,000 in sales each year. Should she convert the position? Use the incremental approach. (Do not prepare an income statement.) Refer to the original data. During the first year, the store sold only 3,000 pairs of sandals and reported the following operating results: Sales (3,000 pairs) ..... Variable expenses ..... Contribution margin ... Fixed expenses ....... Net operating income..... $120,000 48,000 72,000 60,000 $ 12,000 a. What is the store's degree of operating leverage? b. Angie is confident that with a more intense sales effort and with a more creative adver- tising program she can increase sales by 50% next year. What would be the expected percentage increase in net operating income? Use the degree of operating leverage to compute your answer.

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