In: Accounting
1. A department’s maintained markup is 38 percent, reductions are $560, and net sales are
$28,000. What’s the initial markup percentage?
2. Maintained markup is 39 percent, net sales are $52,000, and reductions are $2,500. What are
gross margin in dollars and the initial markup as a percentage? Explain why initial markup is
greater than maintained markup.
3. The cost of a product is $150, markup is 50 percent, and markdown is 30 percent. What’s the
final selling price?
4. Manny Perez bought a tie for $9 and priced it to sell for $15. What was his markup on the tie?
5. Answer the following:
(a) The Limited is planning a new line of leather jean jackets for fall.
It plans to retail the jackets for $100. It is having the jackets produced in the Dominican
Republic. Although The Limited does not own the factory, its product development and
design costs are $400,000. The total cost of the jacket, including transportation to the stores,
is $45. For this line to be successful, The Limited needs to make $900,000 profit. (A). What
is its break-even point in units and dollars?
(b) The buyer has just found out that The GAP, one of The Limited's major competitors, is
bringing out a similar jacket that will retail for $90. If The Limited wishes to match The
GAP's price, how many units will it have to sell?
1. 41%
| Selling price | 28000 | 
| Mark downs | 560 | 
| Selling price before markdowns | 28560 | 
| Maintained markup | 38% | 
| Cost (28,000 / 138%) | 20290 | 
| Initial markup = (28,560 - 20,290) | 8270 | 
| Initial markup % (8,270 / 20,290) | 41% | 
2.
| Gross margin | 14590 | 
| Initial markup % | 46% | 
Working:
| Selling price | 52000 | 
| Mark downs | 2500 | 
| Selling price before markdowns | 54500 | 
| Maintained markup | 39% | 
| Cost (52,000 / 139%) | 37410 | 
| Initial markup = (54,500- 37,410) | 17090 | 
| Initial markup % (17,090/37,410) | 46% | 
| Gross margin (52,000 - 37,410) | 14590 | 
3.
| Final selling price | $157.50 | 
Working:
| Cost | $150.00 | 
| Mark-up | 50% | 
| Price after mark up (150 + 50% of 150) | $225.00 | 
| Mark down | 30% | 
| Price after mardkown (225 - 30% of 225) | $157.50 | 
4.
| Purchase price | 9 | 
| Sales price | 15 | 
| Mark up (15 - 9) | 6 | 
| Matk up % (6 / 9) * 100 | 66.7% | 
5.
| Break-even sales - units | 8909 | 
| Break-even sales - dollars | 890900 | 
Working:
| Selling Price | $100 | 
| cost of the jacket | $45 | 
| Contribution margin | $55 | 
| Fixed costs | 400000 | 
| Desired profit | 90000 | 
| Break-even sales - units(400,000+90,000)/55 | 8909 | 
| Break-even sales - dollars (8,909 x 100) | 890900 |