QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ A major advantage of a firm's developing a retail plan is that it
________. Answer: anticipates and may avoid a crisis
◉ Each of the steps in a retail strategy is ________. Answer:
interdependent with other steps
◉ The candid evaluation of the opportunities and potential problems
facing a prospective or existing retailer is referred to as ________.
Answer: situation analysis
◉ A retailer's commitment to a type of business and to a distinctive role
in the marketplace is its ________. Answer: organizational mission
◉ Which ownership and management alternative is fully controlled by
the owner, operationally flexible, and subject to single taxation by the
government? Answer: sole proprietorship
, ◉ In which ownership and management alternative is the owner
personally liable with regard to legal claims from suppliers, creditors,
and others? Answer: sole proprietorship
◉ Benefits, profits, risks, and costs are shared in which retail ownership
and management alternative? Answer: partnership
◉ Which statement concerning the partnership form of ownership is not
correct? Answer: Partnerships are subject to double taxation.
◉ Which form of ownership is a legal entity apart from its individual
officers or stockholders? Answer: corporation
◉ Which retail ownership form has the greatest capacity for long-term
existence? Answer: corporation
◉ Ownership may be separated from management in which retail
ownership form? Answer: corporation
◉ A major advantage of buying an established business versus starting a
new business is ________. Answer: the generation of ongoing sales and
profits