A small chain of supermarkets in the western United States sells only manufacturers’ brands. Which of the following is one of the arguments you could use to dissuade the supermarket chain owner from selling only manufacturers’ brands?
a. A well-known manufacturers’ brand will not enhance the chain’s image.
b. Manufacturers rarely spend money advertising the brand name to consumers.
c. Manufacturers can decide to drop a brand or reseller at any time.
d. Manufacturers force the chain to carry a large in-store inventory.
e. Relying on the manufacturer or wholesaler to deliver a national brand quickly is optimistic at best.

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Southeastern bell stocks a certain switch connector at its central warehouse for supplying field service offices. the yearly demand for these connectors is 15,000 units. southeastern estimates its annual holding cost for this item to be $25 per unit. the cost to place and process an order from the supplier is $75. the company operates 300 days per year, and the lead time to receive an order from the supplier is 2 working days.a) find the economic order quantity.b) find the annual holding costs.c) find the annual ordering costs.d) what is the reorder point?

Larissa has also provided the following information. during the year, the company raised $36 million in new long-term debt and retired $20.52 million in long-term debt. the company also sold $22 million in new stock and repurchased $32.4 million. the company purchased $54 million in fixed assets, and sold $6,107,400 in fixed assets. larissa has asked dan to prepare the financial statement of cash flows and the accounting statement of cash flows. she has also asked you to answer the following questions: 1. how would you describe east coast yachts' cash flows? 2. which cash flows statement more accurately describes the cash flows at the company? 3. in light of your previous answers, comment on larissa's expansion plans.