Dollarama Essay

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RETAIL INDUSTRY ACCT – 3444, S50 Charlee Hong #100070169 Dorina Cho #100218745 Brenda Adomi #100200523 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 1 KNOWLEDGE OF THE BUSINESS 1 SWOT ANALYSIS: 2 BUSINESS RISKS AND STRATEGIES 3 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 4 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PRACTICES 5 FRAUD RISK ASSESSMENT 5 LAWSUITS /PROCEDURES FOR LITIGATION AND CLAIMS 6 TOP 3 LAWS AND REGULATION THAT MUST BE AHDERED TO 7 GOING CONCERN ASSESSMENT 8 AUDIT RISK LEVEL (LOW/MEDIUM/HIGH) 9 OVERALL AUDIT STRATEGY 10 PLANNING ANALYTICS 10 MATERIALITY 11 REVENUE CYCLE & TYPE OF AUDIT 11 KEY CONTROLS 11 REVEUNUE’S ASSERTIONS, AUDIT RISK, AUDIT PROCEDURES 12 ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES 13 INFORMATION SYSTEM & IMPACT ON AUDIT APPROACH 13 APPENDIX 15 REFERENCES 20 INTRODUCTION Dollarama is the largest dollar store in Canada and currently there are over 680 stores operating across the country. Dollarama offers broad range of everyday consumer products, general merchandise and seasonal items that are appealing to customers because of lower dollar values and one stop shopping convenience. Dollarama was founded by Lawrence Rossy in 1992, and went public in 2009. KNOWLEDGE OF THE BUSINESS CUSTOMERS: Targeted to all demographic consumers who seek value in a wide range of consumer product and one shopping convenience. COMPETITORS: Some of Dollarama’s direct competitors include “A buck or two”, “Dollar Giant”, “Dollar store with more” just to name a few. Currently, the combined number of direct competitors is over 1100 stores. SUPPLIERS: Dollarama purchases most of its merchandise from manufacturers, wholesalers, importers and manufacturers representatives. Dollarama developed relationships with overseas suppliers since 1992, but to date has no binding contract with any of its major suppliers overseas. LABOUR: There are over 13,474 retail employees including

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