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Forecasting an Income Statement Assume Abercrombie & Fitch reports the following income statements.

Income Statement, For Fiscal Years Ended ($ thousands)	2011	2010
Net sales	$ 3,741,847	$ 3,318,158
Cost of goods sold	1,238,480	1,109,152
Gross profit	2,503,367	2,209,006
Stores and distribution expense	1,386,846	1,187,071
Marketing, general and administrative expense	395,758	373,828
Other operating (income), net	(11,734)	(9,983)
Operating income	732,497	658,090
Interest income, net	(19,328)	(13,896)
Income before income taxes	751,825	671,986
Provision for income taxes	283,628	249,800
Net income	$ 468,197	$ 422,186

Forecast Abercrombie & Fitch's 2012 income statement assuming the following income statement relations. Assume no change for all other accounts not listed below. All percentages, other than sales growth and provision for income taxes, are based on percent of net sales.

Net sales growth	12.8%
Gross profit margin	66.9%
Stores and distribution expense/Net sales	37.1%
Marketing, general and adminstrative expense/Net sales	10.6%
Other operating (income), net/Net sales	-0.3%
Provision for income taxes/Income before income taxes	37.7%

Round your answers to the nearest whole number. Use a negative sign with any answers in which the corresponding account displayed in the provided income statement is shown in parenthesis.

Forecasted Income Statement, For Fiscal Years Ended ($ thousands)	2011	2012
Net sales	$3,741,847	$Answer
Cost of goods sold	1,238,480	Answer
Gross profit	2,503,367	Answer
Stores and distribution expense	1,386,846	Answer
Marketing, general and administrative expense	395,758	Answer
Other operating (income), net	(11,734)	Answer
Operating income	732,497	Answer
Interest income, net	(19,328)	Answer
Income before income taxes	751,825	Answer
Provision for income taxes	283,628	Answer
Net Income	$ 468,197	$ Answer

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