Siesta inc., a mattress store, recently launched a new range of mattresses. according to the management of the company, these mattresses are made with advanced technology and guarantee a good sleep. however, the sales are not very promising. an in-store survey shows that consumers find the mattresses expensive and are reluctant to invest too much in a product that is new in the market. to boost the sales, the marketing team decides to reduce the price by ten percent and offer a three-month return policy. as soon as these changes are implemented, the sale of the new mattresses picks up. the reduction in the price and the offer of return policy are examples of

Ann chovies, owner of the perfect pasta pizza parlor, uses 20 pounds of pepperoni each day in preparing pizzas. order costs for pepperoni are $10.00 per order, and carrying costs are 4 cents per pound per day. lead time for each order is three days, and the pepperoni itself costs $3.00 per pound. if she were to order 80 pounds of pepperoni at a time, what would be the average inventory level?

Analyzing and computing accrued warranty liability and expense waymire company sells a motor that carries a 60-day unconditional warranty against product failure. from prior years' experience, waymire estimates that 2% of units sold each period will require repair at an average cost of $100 per unit. during the current period, waymire sold 69,000 units and repaired 1,000 units. (a) how much warranty expense must waymire report in its current period income statement? (b) what warranty liability related to current period sales will waymire report on its current period-end balance sheet? (hint: remember that some units were repaired in the current period.) (c) what analysis issues must we consider with respect to reported warranty liabilities?

Penelope summers received certain income benefits in 2018. she received $1,400 of state unemployment insurance benefits, $2,000 from a federal unemployment trust fund and $3,700 workers’ compensation received for an occupational injury. what amount of the compensation must penelope include in her income