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mandyky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 09:24 AM Original message |
Do all businesses work on a 30% profit margin? |
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rooboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
1. What?? Lots of businesses trade on 1 and 2 percent... |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
2. Ha! 30%? |
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mandyky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 09:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Maybe she was just talking about media, then |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
3. No, some businesses like grocery retailing do small margins |
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RoeBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
4. I'm not sure I understand the question... |
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Peregrine (712 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
6. Was she refering to margin or profit |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
7. In manufacturing, a 15% GPM is considered good. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
8. personally i am more comfortable with the number of 40% |
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SlackJawedYokel (446 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
9. I know for a fact that in the grocery industry |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
10. Note they "want" a 30% margin, not... |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
11. Gross or Net? |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
12. What Was She Smoking??? |
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izzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
13. I always heard it was down under 5% |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 10:47 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. greed is great............. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
14. on the one hand i see and listen to a lot of people |
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kodi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
15. that 30% excludes so many costs. usually it reflects only gross margins |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
17. I tried to maintain a twenty five percent margin |
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