Critical thinking questions 1. why do you think vinyl records are appealing to customers? 2. do you think the sales growth will continue to be strong for vinyl sales? why or why not? 3. what research would you want to conduct prior to making a decision to invest in new presses?

Varto company has 9,400 units of its sole product in inventory that it produced last year at a cost of $23 each. this year’s model is superior to last year’s, and the 9,400 units cannot be sold at last year’s regular selling price of $42 each. varto has two alternatives for these items: (1) they can be sold to a wholesaler for $8 each, or (2) they can be reworked at a cost of $251,100 and then sold for $34 each. prepare an analysis to determine whether varto should sell the products as is or rework them and then sell them.