The Neiman Marcus Group, inc., is a high-end specialty retailer, while Amazon.com uses its e-commerce services, features, and technologies to sell its products through the Internet. Recent balance sheet inventory disclosures for Neiman Marcus and Amazon.com are as follows:

a. Determine the inventory turnover and number of days' sales in inventory for Neiman Marcus and Amazon.com.

b. Interpret your results.objs. 4, 5

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Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. Amazon.com End-of-Period Beginning-of-Period Inventory Inventory $720,277,000 $687,062,000 479,709,000 293,917,000 The cost of merchandise sold reported by each company was as follows: Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. Amazon.com Cost of merchandise sold $2,321,110,000 $5,319,127,000