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Use The ROI's Owner's Dashboard Trend Form to track the vital indicators in your retail business. It's a simple - yet powerful! - three-step process:
Step 1: Enter LY results for five key ratios Step 2: Enter This Year's Targets Step 3: Each month (no later than the 10th of the month!) enter YTD results
Step 1: Enter LY results for five key ratios
Step 2: Enter This Year's Targets
Step 3: Each month (no later than the 10th of the month!) enter YTD results
Immediately see whether - and if so, where - you need to make adjustments now to achieve the results you want. "Lead time" is one of your most valuable assets. Use our Owner's Dashboard Trend Form to put time on your side.
(Need more info on these ratios, how to calculate them, and what they mean? See the Financial Tools & Tips section here at The ROI.)
Click here to download and printout your own master copy of the Owner's Dashboard Trend Form
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Now. Learn Basic Retail Finance. At your own pace. 24/7.
Profits & Debt Management - Financial Statements - P&L's - Balance Sheets - Inventory Management (@Cost or @Retail) - Turnover - Buying Plan Budgets - GMROI - Cash Flow - pro formas - Ratio Analysis - Integrated Retail Financial Plans
The ROI's Online Seminar on Retail Finance Basics is an interactive, self-paced course. By retailers, for retailers. "All it takes is a little desire."
Includes interactive content, self-quizzes, printable worksheets, extra how-to articles by retail experts, and a special case study featuring Helen and Irving Surviving of The I. M. Surviving(?!) Company.
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