The Free-Flow Layout Does NOT Work Well in Large Department

question 2

Multiple Choice

The free-flow layout does NOT work well in large department stores or other stores offering a great variety of merchandise because:

• A) it fails to provide cues as to where one department stops and another starts.
• B) customers are encouraged to spend too much time browsing rather than moving efficiently through the store.
• C) the arrangement of merchandise is difficult to blend for a consistent store environment.
• D) they encourage customers to browse through the entire store so that they can see all of the merchandise and not concentrate on one area.
• E) the average time spent in any particular department is reduced, thereby reducing average sales.

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Definitions:

Cost Center

A decentralized unit in which the department or division manager has responsibility for the control of costs incurred and the authority to make decisions that affect these costs.

Revenues

Increases in owner’s equity as a result of providing services or selling goods to customers.

Budget Performance Report

A report that summarizes actual costs, standard costs, and the differences for the units produced.

Cost Centers

Parts of an organization to which costs can be allocated, but which do not directly generate revenues.