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Following is clothing & accessories department store chain (multi stores, multi locations) budget. Due to COVAD 19, the company has experienced reduction in business and they would like to update their forecast from original budget
Please update forecast based on following assumptions
Provide management commentaries based on business environment, economy, market trend, demand, other business factors and major items of reforecasted income statement
Please provide recommendations to improve profitability, margin, reduction in cost and working capital management
($000’s) FY-20 (Original Budget) FY-20 (Updated Forecast)
Revenue 60,000,000
Total Cost of Sales 4

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2,000,000 7

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Gross Profit 18,000,000 30 – 0
Payroll Expenses 7,500,000 12.5%
Bonus (Budgeted 10% of Payroll Expense) 750,000 1.3%
Rent 3.3%
Facility/Utilities 200,000 0.3%
Travel & Entertainment 1,000,000 1.7%
Sales & Marketing 1,200,000 2.0%
Legal & Professional
Other General & Administrative Exp
Depreciation 350,000 0.6%
Amortization 100,000 0.2%
Total Operating Expense 15,300,000 25.5%
Operating Income 2,700,000 4.5%
Interest Income (current cash balance $0.5M; interest rate 1%) 5,000
Interest Expenses (current debt balance $1.5M, interest rate 5%) (

75,000 -0.1%
Profit Before Tax 2,630,000 4.4%
Income Tax 657,500 1.1%
Net Income 1,972,500
EBITDA 3,150,000 5.3%
Non

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GAAP Net Income
Adjustments (Net of Tax):
Amortization
Total Adjustments
Non GAAP Net Income 2,047,500
DSO 33
DIO 36
DPO
CCC 39
Accounts Receivable 5,500,000
Inventory 4,200,000
Accounts Payable 3,500,000
Assumptions:
Revenue:
Reduce revenue by 20%
Management decided to give 2% discount on updated revenue
Create 10% provision for return at year-end. Margin on return products is 20%.
Cost of Sales:
Management decided to reduce cost of sales by 20% due to reduction in revenue by terminating some direct temp & full time labor and other direct cost
Management decided to create 5% inventory reserves on original budgeted inventory
Operating Expenses:
Due to reduction in business, 10 corporate staff with annual $90K salary (plus 20% load for payroll tax and benefits) in the beginning of the second month of second quarter were laid off
Management decided to give one month severance pay as one time payment in Q2 for all impacted staff
Management has decided to reduce bonus accrual by 50% from original accrual on updated payroll.
Management is projecting 10% reduction in Facilities/Utilities expenses
Due to current environment, company announced travel freeze for non-essential travel and plan to reduce travel & entertainment by 30%.
Sales & Marketing expenses are same as % of updated revenue
Management is projecting 15% reduction in General & Administrative expenses
Management is projecting 50 basis points (bps) bad-debt expense on updated revenue
Cancelled planned capital expenditure of equipment (with 5 years life) on July 1 for $500K
Other:
Due to reduction business, company has used all cash in Q1-20 and no cash balance left
Due to change in business environment, the company has to borrow incremental $1.0M @ 3% interest rate in beginning of Q2-20 but able repay back in beginning of Q4-20.
No change in the tax rate
Compute AR, Inventory and A/P based on following assumptions
– Increase in DSO by 3 days
– Deterioration in DIO by 3 days
– Improvement in DPO by 3 days

Forecast & Management Commentaries

Presented by: David White

Mukhammad Mubashirov

Clothing & Accessories Department Store

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Management Commentaries
Current environment in business world and in our company

Current economic condition around the world

Our response to the encountered problems

Management Commentaries
Forecasted Profit/Loss statement
Change in our expectations for the next year

Recommendations

Close or Move Shops
Reduce rent
Reduce facilities/utilities
Further reduce payroll

Purchase, not Rent, Smaller Stores
Eliminates rent
Increases depreciation, thus increases EBITDA

Move Online
*source: https://www.digitalcommerce360.com/article/us-ecommerce-sales/#:~:text=Consumers%20spent%20%24601.75%20billion%20online,quarterly%20ecommerce%20figures%20released%20Wednesday.

Ecommerce Sales (in billions) 2017 2018 2019 461 524 602

Move Online
Quarterly share of ecommerce sales of total U.S. retail sales from 1st quarter 2010 to 1st quarter 2020
*source: https://www.statista.com/statistics/187439/share-of-e-commerce-sales-in-total-us-retail-sales-in-2010/

Move Online
Despite the virus, ecommerce within retail sales is still projected to grow by 18% in 2020.
*source: https://www.businessinsider.com/us-ecommerce-report-2020

Benefits of Click and Collect
Keep stores relevant

Benefits of Click and Collect
Allow stores to be smaller

Benefits of Click and Collect
Keep payroll low

Benefits of Click and Collect
Keep inventory low

Benefits of Click and Collect
Promote and advertise healthy and safe business practices

Thank YOU

References
U.S. retail e-commerce sales share 2020 | Statista. (2020). Retrieved 27 July 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/187439/share-of-e-commerce-sales-in-total-us-retail-sales-in-2010/
US Ecommerce will rise 18% this year amid the coronavirus pandemic. (2020). Retrieved 27 July 2020, from https://www.businessinsider.com/us-ecommerce-report-2020
US ecommerce sales grow 14.9% in 2019 | Digital Commerce 360. (2020). Retrieved 27 July 2020, from https://www.digitalcommerce360.com/article/us-ecommerce-sales/#:~:text=Consumers%20spent%20%24601.75%20billion%20online,quarterly%20ecommerce%20figures%20released%20Wednesday.

($000’s)
Revenue60,000,000 44,100,000
Total Cost of Sales42,000,000
70.0%
33,600,000
76.2%
provision for returns4,410,000
COS for doubtful returns3,528,000
Adjusted COS32,718,000
74.2%
Gross Profit18,000,000
30.0%
11,382,000
25.8%
Payroll Expenses 7,500,000
12.5%
6,780,000
15.4%
Bonus (10% of Payroll Expense)750,000
1.3%
330,000
0.7%
severence pay75,000
Rent2,000,000
3.3%
2,000,000
4.5%
Facility/Utilities200,000
0.3%
200,000
0.5%
Travel & Entertainment1,000,000
1.7%
700,000
1.6%
Sales & Marketing1,200,000
2.0%
882,000
2.0%
Legal & Professional1,000,000
1.7%
1,000,000
2.3%
Other General & Administrative Exp1,200,000
2.0%
882,000
2.0%
Depreciation350,000
0.6%
300,000
0.7%
Amortization100,000
0.2%
100,000
0.2%
Total Operating Expense15,300,000
25.5%
13,249,000
30.0%
Operating Income2,700,000
4.5%
4,602,000
10.4%
Interest Income (current cash balance $0.5M; interest rate 1%)5,000
0.0%

0.0%
Interest Expenses (current debt balance $1.5M, interest rate 5%)(75,000)
-0.1%
(95,000)
-0.2%
Profit Before Tax2,630,000
4.4%
4,507,000
10.2%
Income Tax657,500
1.1%
1,126,750
2.6%
Net Income1,972,500
3.3%
3,380,250
7.7%
EBITDA3,150,000
5.3%
5,002,000
11.3%
Non GAAP Net Income
GAAP Net Income1,972,500 3,380,250
Adjustments (Net of Tax):
Amortization75,000 75,000

Total Adjustments75,000 75,000
Non GAAP Net Income2,047,500 3,455,250
DSO33 36
Accounts Receivable5,500,000 4,410,000
FY-20 (Original Budget)FY-20 (Updated Forecast)

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