In supplying private-label footwear to chain retailers, the sizes of a company's margins over direct costs (as reported on p. 6 of each issue of the FIR) should be viewed as O how much each pair of private-label footwear sold adds to the company's pretax profits, assuming that the company's margins on branded footwear were sufficient to cover all administrative expenses and all interest costs. O cash that can be used to pay down long-term debt or increase dividend payments or be deposited in the company's retained earnings (to strengthen the company's balance sheet) O the net profit a company earns on each pair of private-label footwear sold. O the gross profit a company earns on each pair of private-label footwear sold. O how much the company received from each pair of private-label footwear sold over and above materials costs and direct labor costs-- these dollars are automatically deposited in the company's retained earnings account and help boost the company's credit rating. Copying, redistr buting, or website posting s expressly proh bited and constitutes copyright violation Copyr ght 2018 by Glo-Bus Software, Inc