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Sales per Square Foot: Benchmarks and How to Improve It
Sales per square foot in retail: benchmarks by category, drivers, and tactics to improve.
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Gross Margin Calculator
Calculate gross margin percentage from revenue and cost. Essential for pricing, profitability analysis, and reporting.
((Revenue − Cost) ÷ Revenue) × 100
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Markup Calculator
Calculate markup percentage from cost and selling price. Useful for pricing decisions and category planning.
((Selling Price − Cost) ÷ Cost) × 100
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ROI Calculator
Calculate return on investment for any retail project, marketing campaign, or capital purchase.
((Gain − Cost) ÷ Cost) × 100
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Inventory Turnover Calculator
Measure how many times you sell and replace inventory in a period. Crucial KPI for inventory health.
COGS ÷ Average Inventory
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Reorder Point Calculator
Determine the stock level at which a replenishment order should be placed to avoid stockouts.
(Daily Demand × Lead Time) + Safety Stock
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Gross Margin Calculator
Calculate gross margin percentage from revenue and cost. Essential for pricing, profitability analysis, and reporting.
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Markup Calculator
Calculate markup percentage from cost and selling price. Useful for pricing decisions and category planning.
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ROI Calculator
Calculate return on investment for any retail project, marketing campaign, or capital purchase.
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Inventory Turnover Calculator
Measure how many times you sell and replace inventory in a period. Crucial KPI for inventory health.
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Reorder Point Calculator
Determine the stock level at which a replenishment order should be placed to avoid stockouts.
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Gross Margin
Gross margin measures the percentage of revenue remaining after subtracting cost of goods sold.
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Inventory Turnover
Inventory turnover measures how many times inventory is sold and replaced over a year.
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Retail KPI
Combined view of the most-tracked retail KPIs — sales per square foot, conversion, ATV, UPT, and labor cost percent.
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Sell-Through Rate
Sell-through rate measures the percentage of received inventory sold within a defined window.
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Retail KPI Scorecard (Excel)
A weekly KPI scorecard built in Excel for store managers and district leaders. Tracks 12 retail KPIs with conditional formatting, sparklines and YoY comparison.
Free download
XLSX · 212 KB
Inventory Management Tracker (Excel)
A full inventory tracker for retailers and warehouses. Supports SKU-level reorder points, ABC analysis, turnover calculation, and stockout alerts.
Free download
XLSX · 184 KB
Sales Forecast Template (Weighted Moving Average)
Forecast monthly sales for up to 200 SKUs using weighted moving average with adjustable weights and a seasonality factor.
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Inventory KPI Cheat Sheet
Inventory turnover, DIO, sell-through, fill rate, OTIF and more — on one printable page with formulas and benchmarks.
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Retail KPI Cheat Sheet
Conversion, ATV, UPT, gross margin, sell-through, labor cost percent — on one printable page with formulas.
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Gross Margin vs Markup Guide (PDF)
A short, printable guide — with a conversion chart and a list of mistakes that cost real money.
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