Tuesday, January 06, 2009

"Retailers: Turn on Your Financial Headlights!"™                                                                            ROI Site Tour

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See benchmarks - and five year trend charts! - for the six key ratios every retailer must monitor. See how your store compares.



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Summer at Tiffany

Summer at Tiffany

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For the Love of Murphy's: The Behind-The-Counter Story of a Great American Retailer

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Marketing Your Retail Store in the Internet Age

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How-To Articles for Retailers from The ROI
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Taking Care of Business

Your retail business, like a garden, needs tending to grow financially strong. Just as water, sunshine and the proper soil help produce healthy plants, your store needs the right attention to ensure strength and maximize profits. read more ...

Rate Your Store from Your Shopper's Point of View

We’ve all shopped stores that have made such a bad first impression we’ve vowed they won’t have the opportunity to make a second. But even if you consider yourself a critical shopper, you may have a blind spot when it comes to evaluating your own store. That’s why it’s important to step back and look at your store from a shopper’s point of view. read more ...


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The ABC's of Store Design

An often overlooked and underutilized strategic tool for retailers is the design of their store. The “theater of retail”—the art form of the total shopping experience—offers wonderful opportunities to attract and retain your best customers and to truly highlight your merchandise. To get you started, here are The ROI's ABC's of store design to help you maximize your retail environment. read more ...

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Learn Basic Retail Finance

No retailer really wants to pay for bookkeeping or accounting. But it's necessary for two reasons: (1) to accurately satisfy the I.R.S.; (2) to accurately show where the business has been and where it is now.

This second reason is essential for what REALLY matters: doing better in the future!

The ROI has developed The Screening Test for Retail Bookkeepers. As an ROI Member you may download a free copy of that test to use as you interview prospective bookkeepers.




 



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A Retailing Truism
There's a correlation between undisciplined buying, profits, and a cash crisis.
You can manage your buying plan for yourself. It's basically a four-part formula. And it's driven by the inventory turnover you want to achieve.
Wonder what your targeted turn rate "should" be? It varies by type of retailer. Go to your Retail Segment here at The ROI for "benchmark numbers" for stores like yours.



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