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Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

It is as impossible to withhold education from the receptive mind as it is impossible to force it upon the unreasoning. - Agnes Repplierg

Education aims to give you a boost up the ladder of knowledge.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all. - Aristotle

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. - Ben Franklin

To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks.

To teach a man how he may learn to grow independently, and for himself, is perhaps the greatest service that one man can do another.

If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.

Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.

COMMERCE 101

LARGE SCALE RETAILING

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Large Scale Retailing is a trading with a large scope of operation. Everything is on a bigger scale unlike Small Scale Retailing. Buying is on a Large Scale, Selling is also on a Large Scale. They include:
1. CHAIN/MULTIPLE STORES
It is a form of Large Scale Retail Trading whereby the Store has similar and identical designs, layout and product display in all its outlets/branches. For example in Nigeria, we have UTC Store, Leventis store etc.
FEATURES OF CHAIN STORE:
a. They Sell Similar Range of Products.
b. They are found in Towns and Urban Areas.
c. They have Identical Store Designs.
d. They have similar stock display.
ADVANTAGES OF CHAIN STORE:
a. They ensure Consistence of their Product.
b. They buy in bulk, which ensures Lower Price.
c. Their Customers can easily locate their store anywhere.
DISADVANTAGES OF CHAIN STORE:
a. They don't facilitate Credit Transaction.
b. Decision-Making are always delayed.
c. No Personal Relationship between the shop attendant and customer.
2. DEPARTMENTAL STORES
It is a Large Retailing Store that operates under one roof which deal with a wide variety of goods but organised in different sections (departments) for the purpose of service, promotion and control.
Each Department Specialise in one line of product. For example- Kingsway Stores etc.
FEATURES OF DEPARTMENTAL STORES:
a. Each Department has its own Manager.
b. Each Department deals in one line of Product.
ADVANTAGES OF DEPARTMENTAL STORES:
a. It allows freedom of Movement around the Store.
b. It ensures bulky purchases of Goods which helps in Price Reduction.
DISADVANTAGES OF DEPARTMENTAL STORES:
a. It requires Large Capital to set up.
3. SUPERMARKET
It is a Large Retailing Business Unit that deals mostly on Food, Household Items and other wide variety of goods. It operates a Self-Service System with Basket and Trolleys left for Customers to help themselves to their needs.
ADVANTAGES OF SUPERMARKET:
a. It Provides Wide Variety of Goods.
b. Customers have the right to make choices without being influenced by shop attendants.
c. It ensures Self-Services.
DISADVANTAGES OF SUPERMARKET:
a. No Personal Attention is given to Customers.
4. MAIL ORDER
It is a large Retailing Business in which buying and selling is carried out by post. The customers are contacted by mail, their orders are received by mail, and the delivery is by mail. It involves the use of catalogue that presents the goods and price. Payment is through Cash Delivering Basis.
New Trends have been introduced in retailing business because of the dynamic nature of commercial activities. In order to enhance and facilitate business activities;  New ideas and Techniques have been introduced.
This brings us to the end of Today's Session. Hope this was very helpful to you, leave a comment of what you think of this Tutorial and of your Questions below. Have a Blessed Day and Remember You are Amazing. God Bless You.


ECONS 101

LAWS OF DIMINISHING RETURNS

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The Law of Diminishing Returns states that as successive units of a variable factor is applied to a given fixed factor, output will increase at first but it will get to a point at which the addition of one more unit of the variable factor will result in less additional units of output. In order words, The variable Factor here can be Labour or capital and the fixed factor can be land.
The Law of Diminishing Returns, sometimes called the law of variable proportions, is applicable to both the agricultural and industrial sectors that use both the fixed and variable factors of production.
This Law can be illustrated in the table below
Fixed Factor (Land)
Variable Factor (Labour Unit)
Total Output (kg)
Average Output (kg)
Marginal Output (kg)
1
1
10
10

1
2
30
15
20
1
3
60
20
30
1
4
120
30
60
1
5
100
20
20
1
6
90
15
10


FINANCIAL ACC 101

THREE COLUMN CASHBOOK
Hey Guys, it’s a new day to live and learn. Let’s get straight to work.

Three Column Cashbook is a book that shows or combines Cash, Bank, and Discount on the debit and credit sides. On the debit side of the cashbook is the Discount Allowed column while Discount Received column is on the credit side.

Discount is the reduction in the price of Goods in order to encourage Bulk Purchases and Prompt Payment.

Types of Discount:
1.     Trade Discount is an Allowance made by Manufacturers or Wholesalers, to retailers in form of Reduction from price of goods supplied.
2.     Cash Discount is a percentage allowance for prompt payment of an account or for payment within a specified period of time.

Classification of Cash Discount:
1.     Discount Allowed is the discount given to the customers for prompt payment of their account. It will be entered on the debit side of the three column cashbook and be credited to the personal account

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CLASSIFICATION OF RETAIL TRADE
Happy Monday Everyone, we are here again, wow March has been nice. Hasn't it ? Hope you have enjoyed March so far, anyway we are continuing on the topic we started Last week, pls Enjoy!!!
                                             
                                             RETAIL TRADE
         
      SMALL SCALE TRADE                    LARGE SCALE TRADE
       
         - HAWKING                                           - CHAIN STORE
         - MOBILE SHOP                                    - DEPARTMENTAL
         - TRADING                                           - SUPERMARKET   
         - MARKET TRADE                               - DISCOUNT HOUSE
         - STREET/ ROAD                                  - VARIETY STORES
         - STORES (URBAN & RURAL)           - HYPER MARKET
                                                                        - RETAIL COOPERATIVE.

                    METHOD OF CLASSIFICATION OF RETAIL STORE
1.     Type of Good offered for Sale.
2.     By Location for example Rural or Urban Areas.
3.     By Ownership for example Independent or Cooperative.
4.     Number of Employee’s.
5.     By the Size of Employee’s.

SMALL SCALE TRADE
As the name implies, it involves types of trading that are small in nature. For example:

FINANCIAL ACC 101

                 TWO COLUMN CASHBOOK

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Two Column Cashbook is a combination of the Cash Account and Bank Account for the sake of convenience. There are separate columns for Date, Particulars, Folio, Cash and Bank on both the Debit and Credit sides.
Cash Column: contains cash receipts and payments.
Bank Column: contains all payments made by cheque and money received and paid into the Bank.
Contra Entries: are entries made in the cashbook when cash is deposited into the bank account out of cash in hand or when cash is withdrawn from the bank for office use.
Cash paid into the Bank: when there is surplus of cash in hand, the firm can pay it into the bank. Cash balance will decrease and Bank balance will increase.
Cash Column will be credited, Bank Column will be debited. There must be a letter “C” put in the folio column of both sides to signify that it’s a contra entry.

COMMERCE 101

INTER-RELATIONSHIP AMONG PRODUCTION, SPECIALIZATION & EXCHANGE
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       Exchange is as a result of Specialization and Production. They are related in the sense that Production is enhanced by the broken down processes that are performed by different people. Division of Labor and Specialization creates room for Mass Production.
Since individuals are not capable of producing all his requirements, the need for exchange arises.

                          HISTORY OF DIVISION OF LABOR
One of the Forefathers of Economics, Adam Smith who further explained the Theory of Division of Labor in 1776, in his book “The Wealth of Nations.” Adam Smith visited a place where Pins were made and found out that Pin-Making involved eighteen different processes at that time.
He also found out that one man was coordinating all the processes of Pin-Making alone; as a result of this rigorous and slow process he was producing 20 pins per day. Adam Smith came to a conclusion that if these Eighteen Pin-Making Processes were handled by different people, more pins will be produced.
      The idea of Division of Labor thought out by Smith was applied as a result, 48,000 Pins were

ECONS 101


FACTORS OF PRODUCTION
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Factors of Production refer to Agents, Components or resources which are combined together to produce goods and services. There are four factors of production namely:
a.     Land                                                                                     
b.     Labour
c.      Capital
d.     Entrepreneur
LAND
Land is defined in economics as a free gift of nature, it does not only include the land surface but all other free gifts of nature and natural resources like forest, mineral resources, rivers etc. The supply of land is unlimited unlike other factors of production. The reward for land is RENT.

Characteristics of Land {Its Features}:
1.     Land is immobile, it can’t move from one place to another.

FINANCIAL ACC 101

PRINCIPAL OF DOUBLE ENTRY- SINGLE COLUMN

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LEDGER is the final destination of all transactions in the subsidiary books (that is the sales day book, purchases day book etc). It is the most important book of account because it is the book that contains permanent records of all Transactions in a summarized and classified form. Transactions are recorded here, using the Double Entry System of Book keeping.

RULES OF DOUBLE ENTRIES:
1.     For Every Credit Entry in an Account, there must be a Corresponding Debit Entry in another Account.
2.     For Every Debit Entry in an Account, there must be a Corresponding Credit Entry in another Account.
3.     All Transactions must be Credit and the other.

DIVISION OF LEDGER:
1.     Personal Ledger:  These are ledgers for Creditors Account and Debtors Accounts. For example,

COMMERCE 101

QUESTIONS ON PREVIOUSLY TREATED TOPICS

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1. Which of the following is not true of Commerce?
a. It is part of production
b. It is the life blood of a nation's economic activities
c. Commercial Activities begin after the goods are produced
d. It has nothing to do with goods and services (WAEC 1994).

2. Which of the following is not a Factor of Production?
a. Profit
b. Entrepreneur
c. Capital
d. Land (WAEC 1994).

ECONS 101

PRODUCTION
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TYPES OF GOODS
Goods can be classified into two major groups, namely:
1.     CONSUMER GOODS:  are goods and services that don’t need further production; they can satisfy the wants of the consumer in their form. Like Milk, Services like The Police etc.
Consumer Goods can further be grouped into the following:
a.     Durable Goods- They are goods that can be used over and over again. Like Radio, Television, Cooking Pots etc.
b.     Non- Durable Goods- They are goods that can only be used once. For example, Bread, Drugs, Egg, Meat etc.

2.     PRODUCER/ CAPITAL GOODS: These are goods used by people for further production of

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ILLUSTRATIONS ON THE SUBSIDIARY BOOKS
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EXAMPLE 1:                 
Write up the purchases journal of Jordan & sons, and post to the ledgers for the month of July 2012.
Sept 9-Bought from Coca cola, 15 crates of coke @ N250 each and 10 crates of Fanta @ N170 each. Trade Discount of 10%.
Sept 12-Bought from PZ Ltd, 140 bags of flour @ N20 each and 400 bags of sugar @ N10 each. Trade Discount of 15%.
Sept 13-Bought from Samsung, 3 sets of IPads @ N550 each and 4 sets of LCD TV’S @ N750 each. Trade Discount of 12%.
Sept 14-Bought from Drumsticks Restaurant, 7 packs of Roasted Chicken @ N500 each and 4

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           DIVISION OF LABOUR

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Division of Labour is the co-operative specialization of labour. It dates back to as early as the start of civilization and was practiced by the Sumerians to group different jobs according to various skills of the members of the society. Division of Labour is historically associated with increased growth in total output and is viewed as the rise of Capitalism. It also helps to solve some of the complex industrialization processes. Division of Labour as explained by Adam Smith can be restricted based on the market extent. Adam has suggested that the bigger the market the higher the specialization. It can then be said that the Global market that we are currently enjoying has resulted to so much specialization. The conditions for Specialization to thrive on the global market are a free trade, free mobility and migration of labour. In Simplified Form, Division of Labour is the breaking down of production processes into smaller and separate units which allow for multiple small performances by different individuals and also machines. For Example, When Machine A mixes the batter and