Determining the value of inventory is an important part of accounting. In order to calculate the profit on a sale, a cost must be assigned to the item sold. A business that is selling large amounts of ...
Several major retailers in the U.S. use a century-old accounting practice known as “the retail inventory method,” which relies on retail prices to estimate inventory, even though it fails to take full ...
Steven Nickolas is a writer and has 10+ years of experience working as a consultant to retail and institutional investors. Eric's career includes extensive work in both public and corporate accounting ...