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Profitability

Retail Store Monthly Expenses: Typical Operating Costs (2025)

Retail Store Monthly Expenses: Typical Operating Costs (2025)

27 Feb 2025

Essential Retail Math Concepts for Successful Businesses (2025)

Essential Retail Math Concepts for Successful Businesses (2025)

27 Feb 2025

Retail Accounting Methods to Value Inventory

Retail Accounting Methods to Value Inventory

19 Feb 2025

Retail Store Profitability Analysis: Measure and Improve Your Margins

19 Feb 2025

What Is Cost of Goods Sold (COGS)? Definition & Formula

9 Feb 2025

Cost Cutting in Retail: 18 Ways to Reduce Operating Expenses

7 Feb 2025

20 Retail Sales Tips to Improve Sales (2025)

7 Jan 2025

What is Product Bundling? Definition, Examples & Strategy (2025)

7 Jan 2025

How to Calculate Wholesale Pricing: Profit Margin & Formulas (2025)

10 Dec 2024

14 SMART Sales Goals Examples (2025)

15 Nov 2024

What is Transfer Pricing and Why is it Important?

24 Jul 2024

Gross Merchandise Value: Calculation and Best Practices

9 Jul 2024

What Is a Merchant Cash Advance? (+ How To Get One)

20 Dec 2023

What Is Penetration Pricing? How It Works and Examples (2024)

1 Dec 2023

What Are Net Sales and How Do I Calculate Them? (2024)

15 Nov 2023

How To Grow Your Retail Business: 11 Proven Ways (2024)

22 Aug 2023

Inventory Management

What Is Beginning Inventory? Formula + How to Calculate It (2024)

21 Jun 2023

14 Wholesale Strategy Tips for Retail

24 Mar 2023

What Is Store Credit? How To Use It To Sell More (2024)

23 Mar 2023

Wholesale Opportunities: How To Scale Your Retail Business Through Bulk Selling

21 Mar 2023

Returnless Refunds: Amazon Does It—Should You?

16 Mar 2023

How To Create a Vision Board for Your Business: 8 Step Guide

12 Mar 2023

Inventory Management

What Is Inventory Valuation? Definition, Importance and Methods (2024)

14 Feb 2023

Why Do People Shoplift? 5 Reasons and How To Prevent It

6 Feb 2023

What Is An Invoice? All You Need To Know To Get Paid (2024)

17 Jan 2023

Cost-Plus Pricing: What Is It + Considerations

23 Sept 2022

Data & Analytics

Revenue Per Employee: How to Calculate and Improve Your RPE Ratio

8 Sept 2022

Data & Analytics

Sales Per Square Foot: Retail Calculations & Metrics (2024)

7 Sept 2022

How To Identify and Prevent Vendor Fraud

4 Aug 2022

Return Fraud Tips for Protecting Your Retail Business

1 Aug 2022

Sales Objections in Retail: How to Overcome Pre-Purchase Concerns

6 Jun 2022

Calculating Gross Sales: A Step-by-Step Guide With Formula

27 Apr 2022

Inventory Management

The Retailer’s Guide to the Weighted Average Cost Method

13 Apr 2022

Inventory Management

GMROI for Retail: Formula & How to Calculate (2024)

11 Apr 2022

Payments & Checkout

What is a Card-Not-Present (CNP) Transaction? (+ Examples)

7 Apr 2022

Inventory Management

Retail Markdowns 101 for Shop Owners

9 Feb 2022

Retail Returns: How to Manage Returns and Exchanges (2024)

23 Nov 2021

What is a Chargeback? Everything You Need to Know

4 Oct 2021

8 Effective Suggestive Selling Techniques for Retailers (+ 7 Bonus Tips)

9 Sept 2021

How to Forecast Demand for Your Retail Store (and Why You Should)

18 Aug 2021

Break-Even Point: How To Calculate BEP (Quickstart Guide)

27 Jul 2021

How to Calculate Retail Conversion Rate: +7 Tips

15 Jul 2021

12 Discount Strategies in Retail To Try in Your Store (+ How To Stay Profitable)

24 Mar 2021

What is Cash Flow and Tips for Fixing During a Shortage

1 Feb 2020

Recurring Refunds: How Retailers Can Deal with ‘Serial Returners’

22 Jan 2019

Open a Retail Store

7 Ways to Generate Revenue Before You Open Your Retail Store

7 Nov 2018

5 Ways Retailers Can Generate Revenue Outside of Business Hours

9 May 2018

Create a Loss Prevention Plan for Your Retail Store

19 Apr 2018

Open a Retail Store

Government Funding: Finance Your Retail Business

5 Apr 2017

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