Suppose at December $31$ of a recent year, the following information $($in thousands$)$ was available for sunglasses manufacturer Oakley Inc.: ending inventory $$157,000$; beginning inventory $$121,000$; cost of goods sold $$333,600$ and sales revenue $$773,000.$

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Calculate the inventory turnover for Oakley, Inc. $($Round inventory turnover to $2$ decimal places, e$.$g$.5\mathrm{.}12.)$

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