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Claire runs a small business that organises children's birthday parties. She provides entertainers and food. Claire uses advertising and sales prom...
Fig. 3 shows insurance statistics on the number of car accidents per 1000 drivers in relation to the age of drivers. These statistics are used by i...
Commerce involves distributing goods from the producer to the final customer in order to satisfy human wants.
Kayla and Malik set up a business selling and repairing bicycles. They were advised to form a partnership and were told that it was important to dr...
PP90 plc is a business that manufactures plastic packaging materials. Fig. 2 shows an extract from its Profit and Loss Account (Income Statement) f...
SS Sofas is a multiple chain store that sells sofas. One of its advertisements is shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 3 advertisement SS Sofas OUR MOST INCREDIBL...
International trade has many benefits for a country's population.
What is an example of an extractive industry?
The diagram shows people working in a factory. [Figure 2.1] What manufacturing process is shown in the diagram?
Trade is the basis of commercial activity. This is because trade is needed to
How do retailers assist wholesalers?
Mr Shah owns a small independent bookshop. A branch of a national chain of bookshops has opened nearby. Which response to this competition is likel...
The picture shows a card given to customers by a retailer. [Figure 6.1] What type of card is shown?
What is omni-channel retailing?
What is an advantage to the purchaser of buying a product on credit?
What is the function of a finance company?
A wholesaler is most likely to be used in the distribution of goods when
Which service is not offered by a wholesaler?
Which is the correct sequence of using commercial documents when buying on credit?
Jamal is allowed 20% trade discount and 7.5% cash discount on a debt of $600 he owes to his wholesaler. How much does he pay to clear the debt?
A country wants to increase exports in order to
The table shows trade statistics taken from a country's Balance of Payments for 2018. [Figure 16.1] What is the Balance of Trade figure?
What is not an advantage of free trade?
Why do many businesses use local newspapers to advertise their products?
An advertising agency has been commissioned to produce an advertisement for a new toothpaste. Which method of appeal should be used in the advertis...
A dealer on the Singapore Stock Exchange wants to receive written information about share prices in New York. What is the most suitable form of com...
Which postal service might a department store use to send statements of account to its customers?
What services are offered at seaports to handle goods?
An exporter may make use of a freight forwarding company to
Which function of warehousing would be most important to a meat exporter?
Which principle of insurance prevents the insured from selling the damaged property after receiving full compensation for it?
Mrs Moyo's household contents, valued at $20 000, were insured against fire for this amount. Later they were damaged by fire and the loss was estim...
If an insurance company indemnifies you when you have made a claim, what does this mean?
The picture shows a bank manager talking to a customer. [Figure 31.1] What is the customer most likely to be requesting from the bank manager?
The following information appears on a bank statement. [Figure 32.1] What is the balance carried forward?
Losses in public corporations are borne by
What is limited liability?
An advertisement for a franchise opportunity is shown. [Figure 35.1] Which statement in the advertisement explains why franchising is a good way to...
An advertisement for leasing a vehicle is shown. [Figure 36.1] Identify X.
A retailer buys shirts for $80 and sells them with a profit of 40%. He then has a sales promotion week when he sells the shirts at cost plus $4. Ho...
Which factor does not directly affect the buying power of consumers?
How can a business reduce its impact on the environment?
Mrs Wang purchased a bed from RR Supplier who has an advertising slogan of 'We guarantee we will not be beaten on price'. She then found the same m...
Which business would be classified as a secondary industry?
Which definition of trade is the most accurate?
Why do retailers use bar codes?
What is an advantage to a consumer of buying goods on credit?
Which type of credit allows the purchaser to become the legal owner of the goods on payment of the first instalment?
The table shows some information about intermediaries in foreign trade. [Figure 11.1] Identify X.
A buyer ordered 50 computers. The seller sent 52 computers and later credited the cost of two computers to the buyer's account. In what order shoul...