The Retail Owners Institute encourages retailers to monitor the trends of these six key financial indicators of your store's performance.  Watching these key ratios can provide important early warnings of needed changes.

• Inventory Turnover
• Gross Margin Percent
• Pre-Tax Profit Percent
• Debt-to-Worth Ratio
• Current Ratio
• Return on Assets Percent

Then, take advantage of The ROI's presentation of five year trends for 6 key ratios for 55 separate retail segments. Compare your store's performance to others in your particular retail niche. This can provide valuable perspective - and even peace of mind! - for retail owners.

Need a refresher on these key ratios, and how and why to best use them?  See The ROI's Retail Benchmarks Resource Center

Reminders

• The segments featured at The ROI reflect the definitions and designations of the North American Industrial Classification System.
• Retailers may need to examine the benchmark numbers in more than one segment to get perspective on their own store's performance, particularly if their store does not exactly fit the NAICS category.