The following information is from the 2016 financial statements of Revlon, the beauty products company.
Required:
Use Revlonâs financial information to answer the following questions:
a. What is Revlonâs operating cycle (in days) in 2016 and 2015? Comment on the change from year to year.
b. What is Revlonâs cash operating cycle (in days) in 2016 and 2015? Comment on the change from year to year.
c. Use Revlonâs financial information to compare the components of Revlonâs operating cycle and cash operating cycle to LâOréalâs for 2016. The following table provides the amounts for LâOréal from worked Example 9.17 in the text.
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