Financial forecast

You are asked to help with the assessment of the target which is a retail company specialized in outdoor and camping gear. Their distribution channels include brick and mortar stores as well as an online presence.
In order to help the fund think through the acquisition, the management of the retail company provided certain data points and explained that store size differs
The data provided is included in this workbook. Please work through the data analysis and forecast modeling tasks in this workbook. For the data visualization part you should use either excel or R. Leave the code inside the workbook. Include any clarifying question you might have in the sheet ‘Questions’. Additionally, in the table on the ‘Observations’ sheet, briefly note your key observations/findings after each step of the analysis to help make your final recommendation to acquire or not acquire the company. Furthermore, summarize key findings and visualizations in a PowerPoint presentation ready to be presented to the