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GMROI - The #1 Inventory Productivity Tool

"Every retailer should embrace and use GMROI."
---The ROI

Here's a quick question for you: "For each dollar you have invested in inventory, how much profit are you getting back?" 

GMROI - Gross Margin Return on Inventory (Investment) -  is the calculation that tells you that. Especially as you anticipate making some changes to your merchandise mix, you sure want to choose the categories, and the vendors, that deliver the best productivity.

How Does Your Store Compare?

And here's another question for you: "How does your inventory productivity compare with other stores like yours?" 

Find out - fast - at The ROI. See the GMROI for 55 retail segments. Check out this new feature at The Institute: "How does your store compare?"


Having the right product at the right place at the right price at the right time for the right customer is the challenge that confronts all retailers.

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The Institute provides practical, how-to information, training and tools about each of these key areas for retailers.

Plus, a collection of in-the-cloud Executive Calculators for Retailers, enabling any retailer, anywhere, to do their own financial projections and comparison of various "What if...?" tactics.

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Projecting & Controlling PROFITS, INVENTORY, and CASH FLOW - INTEGRATED!
eLearning Courses and "in the cloud" calculators

See for yourself how fluctuations on the P&L (sales, margins, expenses) and Inventory turns combine to affect Cash Flow. Some call it "connecting the dots."  We call it, "Now, everyone 'gets it'!"

Each of the three courses in this Retail STRATA:G® Kit includes explanatory how-to content, example case studies, a specialized "cause-effect" calculator, and yes, even a final quiz.  click here for more details

See for yourself why the pro's in retailing depend on G.M.R.O.I.  (click here for more info on G.M.R.O.I. Inventory PRODUCTIVITY Kit)

It will take you less than an hour to go through this one-of-a-kind G.M.R.O.I. Course and Case Studies, as you practice using the G.M.R.O.I. Calculator. Then, use the G.M.R.O.I. Calculator for yourself! Evaluate your own buying strategy. Increase your inventory productivity!


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3 Different Sites - All for Retailers
3 Different Sites - All for Retailers
Retail STRATA:G® 3-in-1 Kit
Retail STRATA:G® 3-in-1 Kit

Screen shots from Retail STRATA:G® 3-in-1 Kit
(That's "strategy".  Every retailer needs one!)
BUYING PLAN Forecaster
BUYING PLAN Forecaster

Use The ROI's BUYING PLAN Forecaster.  Find out for yourself how much inventory you can afford to buy. On-demand, 24/7. 

Quickly enter numbers you already know (planned sales and margins, beginning inventory @cost) into this special calculator. Then set targeted inventory turns - and immediately see your monthly buying plan. Just like that! AND, it even shows what G.M.R.O.I. it would produce!

The best part of this BUYING PLAN Forecaster?  How easy it is to play "What if...?"  Change sales in one or more months. Tweak the margins. See what happens when you change turns. Immediately! It's amazing. Fast. Accurate. Dynamic. Reliable. go here for more info
Projecting PROFITS eLearning Course
Projecting PROFITS eLearning Course

Projecting a Retail P&L - eLearning Course

The Retailer's P&L Forecaster automates the profit projecting techniques taught in the Projecting a Retail P&L eLearning course. It takes less than an hour to go through the course, practice with the Case Studies, and then start to use the P&L Forecaster on your own. go here for more info

Retailer's P&L Forecaster
Retailer's P&L Forecaster

Use the Retailer's P&L Forecaster.  Find out for yourself in a matter of minutes. Anytime, from anywhere.

Just a few inputs - and immediately see in advance whether that is a profitable plan. All the formulas are built-in, ready to go.

Need to make changes and adjustments during the year? Of course you do. The P&L Forecaster takes the pain out of that.

You're free to do the thinking; the Forecaster dutifully does the number-crunching. Quick. Easy. Accurate. go here for more info
How does YOUR store compare?
How does YOUR store compare?
   click here to find your segment

Benchmark Numbers • 6 Key Ratios for Retailers • 5 Year Trends, in Charts & Graphs • Latest numbers now available • 52 Retail Segments

3-in-1 Calculator
3-in-1 Calculator

INTEGRATED "What if...?" Calculator

3-in-1: Cash Flow, P&L, OTB -- all from the same few inputs

"Incredible!  It 'connects the dots'!"





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