The Oriental Trading Company uses a cost leadership strategy. It has a "110% Lowest Price Guarantee," which says that if a customer can provide an advertisement with a lower price from another company, the Oriental Trading Company will refund 110% of the difference in price. The Oriental Trading Company will be more effective if it has structure. Which of the following reasons explain this? Check all that apply. Decentralized decision making allows for greater flexibility in meeting customer needs. Centralized decision making allows the organization to place tighter controls on the way work is done and, in the process, achieve economies of scale. Shorter chains of command and horizontal communication allow for increased innovation. Functional structures create highly trained, specialized employees who are extremely efficient at what they do.

Wang distributors has an annual demand for an airport metal detector of 1 comma 350 units. the cost of a typical detector to wang is $400. carrying cost is estimated to be 19% of the unit cost, and the ordering cost is $24 per order. if ping wang, the owner, orders in quantities of 300 or more, he can get a 10% discount on the cost of the detectors. should wang take the quantity discount? \

James jones is the owner of a small retail business operated as a sole proprietorship. during 2017, his business recorded the following items of income and expense: revenue from inventory sales $ 147,000 cost of goods sold 33,500 business license tax 2,400 rent on retail space 42,000 supplies 15,000 wages paid to employees 22,000 payroll taxes 1,700 utilities 3,600 compute taxable income attributable to the sole proprietorship by completing schedule c to be included in james’s 2017 form 1040. compute self-employment tax payable on the earnings of james’s sole proprietorship by completing a 2017 schedule se, form 1040. assume your answers to parts a and b are the same for 2018. further assume that james's business is not a service business, and that it has $155,000 unadjusted basis in tangible depreciable property. calculate james's 2018 section 199a deduction.

1. how much money did selfridge spend on advertising before the store’s opening? 2. explain what shopping was like in london during the early 1900s. how does this differ from the modern shopping experience? 3. what was the role of a floorwalker in 1900s london? 4. what inspired selfridge to ensure that customers in his store could browse at their leisure? do you need the links to the video?