Nicole gives her young daughter Kelli an allowance of $5 a week. Sometimes, Nicole takes Kelli shopping. But if Kelli wants something that costs more than she has saved, Nicole reminds her she needs to keep saving. When Kelli is finally able to purchase a special, more expensive item, she is allowed to pay for it herself, including bringing the product to the salesclerk to complete the purchase. In this way, Nicole encourages the development of Kelli's

a. consumer assimilation.
b. consumer acculturation.
c. purchasing socialization.
d. consumer socialization.
e. purchasing enculturation

Analyzing operational changes operating results for department b of delta company during 2016 are as follows: sales $540,000 cost of goods sold 378,000 gross profit 162,000 direct expenses 120,000 common expenses 66,000 total expenses 186,000 net loss $(24,000) suppose that department b could increase physical volume of product sold by 10% if it spent an additional $18,000 on advertising while leaving selling prices unchanged. what effect would this have on the department's net income or net loss? (ignore income tax in your calculations.) use a negative sign to indicate a net loss answer; otherwise do not use negative signs with your answers. sales $answer cost of goods sold answer gross profit answer direct expenses answer common expenses answer total expenses answer net income (loss) $answer