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What Is the Cost of Goods Sold Formula? How to Calculate COGS

Oct 24, 2024

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What is Transfer Pricing and Why is it Important?

Jul 24, 2024

Gross Merchandise Value: Calculation and Best Practices

Gross Merchandise Value: Calculation and Best Practices

Jul 9, 2024

How to Calculate Wholesale Prices and Profit Margins (2024)

Apr 2, 2024

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

Dec 20, 2023

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

Dec 1, 2023

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

Nov 15, 2023

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

Aug 22, 2023

11 Retail Sales Goals Examples & How to Achieve Them (2024)

Aug 7, 2023

Inventory Management

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

Jun 21, 2023

14 Wholesale Strategy Tips for Retail

Mar 24, 2023

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

Mar 23, 2023

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

Mar 21, 2023

Returnless Refunds: Amazon Does It—Should You?

Mar 16, 2023

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

Mar 12, 2023

Inventory Management

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

Feb 14, 2023

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

Feb 6, 2023

13 Retail Sales Tips to Improve Your Sales Success Rate (2024)

Jan 30, 2023

What is Product Bundling? Examples and Benefits (2024)

Jan 25, 2023

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

Jan 17, 2023

Cost-Plus Pricing: What Is It + Considerations

Sep 23, 2022

Data & Analytics

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

Sep 8, 2022

Data & Analytics

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

Sep 7, 2022

How To Identify and Prevent Vendor Fraud

Aug 4, 2022

Return Fraud Tips for Protecting Your Retail Business

Aug 1, 2022

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

Jun 6, 2022

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

Apr 27, 2022

Inventory Management

The Retailer’s Guide to the Weighted Average Cost Method

Apr 13, 2022

Inventory Management

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

Apr 11, 2022

Payments & Checkout

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

Apr 7, 2022

Inventory Management

Retail Markdowns 101 for Shop Owners

Feb 9, 2022

Cutting Costs: 14 Ideas to Lower Retail Expenses Without Killing Product Quality

Dec 6, 2021

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

Nov 23, 2021

What is a Chargeback? Everything You Need to Know

Oct 4, 2021

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

Sep 9, 2021

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

Aug 18, 2021

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

Jul 27, 2021

How to Calculate Retail Conversion Rate: +7 Tips

Jul 15, 2021

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

Mar 24, 2021

What is Cash Flow and Tips for Fixing During a Shortage

Feb 1, 2020

Open a Retail Store

Small Business Funding: Expert Tips From 4 Retailers Who Raised the Cash They Needed

Mar 26, 2019

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

Jan 22, 2019

Open a Retail Store

7 Ways to Generate Revenue Before You Open Your Retail Store

Nov 7, 2018

How To Get Paid on Time: 10 Invoicing Tips for Retailers

Oct 2, 2018

Retailers Lose Nearly $50 Billion Annually to Theft — But Here's How Signage Can Help

Jul 19, 2018

5 Ways Retailers Can Generate Revenue Outside of Business Hours

May 9, 2018

Create a Loss Prevention Plan for Your Retail Store

Apr 19, 2018

5 Quick and Low-Tech Tips To Prevent Shoplifting in Your Retail Store

Apr 3, 2018

The Competitive Edge: How to Battle Retail Stores Selling Similar Products for Cheaper

Jan 15, 2018

Open a Retail Store

Government Funding: Finance Your Retail Business

Apr 5, 2017

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