Suppose Radio Shack incurred the following costs at its Charlotte, North Carolina, store.

Requirements
1. Classify each cost as to which category of the value chain it belongs (R&D, Design, Purchases, Marketing, Distribution, Customer Service.).
2. Compute the total costs for each value chain category.
3. How much are the total inventoriable product costs?

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Payment to consultant for advice on location of new store Research on whether store should sell $2,500 satellite radio service s 400 $3,900 Purchases of merchandise.$30,000 S 950 s 5,200 S 1,400 Freight-in... e's salaries.... $4,000 Rerranging store layout Customer Complaint Department s 700 Newspaper advertisements. Depreciation expense on delivery trucks