LeMay Department Store uses the retail inventory method to estimate ending inventory for its monthly financial statements. The following data pertain to one of its largest departments for the month of March 2021: Cost Retail Beginning inventory $ 44,000 $ 64,000 Purchases 211,000 404,000 Freight-in 21,396 Purchase returns 6,000 8,000 Net markups 6,200 Net markdowns 3,900 Normal breakage 8,000 Net sales 284,000 Employee discounts 2,200
Sales are recorded net of employee discounts.
Required:
1. Compute estimated ending inventory and cost of goods sold for March applying the conventional retail method.
2. Recompute the cost-to-retail percentage using the average cost method.