Walmart Ordered a Large Number of Backpacks for the Start

question 90

True/False

Walmart ordered a large number of backpacks for the start of the school year expecting that demand for the product would be high.However,the backpacks failed to sell and Walmart realizes that it over-ordered the product.Now it has decided to sell off its inventory to a discount retailer rather than keep the stock in its warehouses.For Walmart,the backpacks best represent a type of inventory called anticipative inventory.

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