This can be measured by using Activity Analysis ratios. One of these is the Accounts Receivable Turnover rate, which measures the average number of sale-collection cycles completed by the firm during the year. From the 2002 rate of 32.07 times, B&N enhanced their sales-collection efforts as proven by the rates 50...
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This development would find their ultimate effect in the increased sales figure of 11.47% and cash balance of 89.75%. As a result, collection time for sales also improved as can be determined by computing the Number of Day's Sales in Receivables. The rate of 4.7 days for the year 2004 is a vast improvement from 7...
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