Tamika white is a sales associate for a prestigious jewelry store. when she started with the store, she relied almost completely on serving customers who just happened to walk into the store and who knew exactly what they wanted-all she had to do was ring up the sale. with experience, she began to gather information about her customers and use them as a source of referrals. she now maintains a large database of her current customers, regularly communicates with them to keep track of their needs, and actively solicits referrals to new customers. when she gets a new referral, tamika sends the prospective client an invitation to visit the store so that she can work with him/her personally. as a result, her sales are almost all from current customers and referrals, with almost no sales from casual "walk-in" customers. tamika started out as a(n) but has now become a(

The amberssen specialty company is a chain of twelve retail stores that sell a variety of imported gift items, gourmet chocolates, cheeses, and wines in the toronto area. amberssen has an is staff of three people who have created a simple but effective information system of networked point-of-sale registers at the stores and a centralized accounting system at the company head- quarters. harry hilman, the head of amberssens is group, has just received the following memo from bill amberssen, sales director (and son of amberssen’s founder). harry—it’s time amberssen specialty launched itself on the internet. many of our competitors are already there, selling to customers without the expense of a retail storefront, and we should be there too. i project that we could double or triple our annual revenues by selling our products on the internet. i’d like to have this ready by - giving, in time for the prime holiday gift-shopping season. bill after pondering this memo for several days, harry scheduled a meeting with bill so that he could clarify bill’s vision of this venture. using the standard con- tent of a system request as your guide, prepare a list of questions that harry needs to have answered about this project.

Match each of the terms below with an example that fits the term. a. fungibility the production of gasoline b. inelasticity the switch from coffee to tea c. non-excludability the provision of national defense d. substitution the demand for cigarettes

The following information is available for ellen's fashions, inc. for the current month. book balance end of month $ 7 comma 000 outstanding checks 700 deposits in transit 4 comma 500 service charges 120 interest revenue 45 what is the adjusted book balance on the bank reconciliation?