Harry howard, a successful real estate broker, has established his own real estate company in western pennsylvania. he has on-the-job experience working at a real estate company where he had a whole staff supporting brokers' work. now on his own, with two secretaries, harry is building his dream of owning and growing his own business. he wants to mainly focus on middle-to-upper-income homeowners and is exploring what type of promotional material he needs to have. which of the following would be the fastest way for harry to build his client base? a. word-of-mouthb. full-scale advertisingc. personal sellingd. sales promotio

Costco wholesale corporation operates membership warehouses selling food, appliances, consumer electronics, apparel and other household goods at 471 locations across the u. s. as well as in canada, mexico and puerto rico. as of its fiscal year-end 2005, costco had approximately 21.2 million members. selected fiscal-year information from the company's balance sheets follows. ($ millions). selected balance sheet data 2005 2004 merchandise inventories $4,015 $3,644 deferred membership income (liability) 501 454 (a) during fiscal 2005, costco collected $1,120 cash for membership fees. use the financial statement effectstemplate to record the cash collected for membership fees. (b) in 2005, costco recorded $46,347 million in merchandise costs (that is, cost of goods sold). record thistransaction in the financial statement effects template. (c) determine the value of merchandise that costco purchased during fiscal-year 2005. use the financial statementeffects template to record these merchandise purchases. assume all of costco's purchases are on credit.