Quick Insights: Which Retail Segments Are Thriving? Or Not?

The Retail Owners Institute®  is proud to be the exclusive provider of Key Ratios Benchmarks - the true "vital signs" of retail businesses - in our unique Five-Year Financial Trend Charts.

Available exclusively from The Retail Owners Institute • www.RetailOwner.com

And now, the latest results - including 2014 - are ready! All updated, and published on The ROI site.

Nowhere else can you find such easy access to this insightful management information. And The ROI makes it available for free! Just go to this page on The ROI site to choose from 53 retail segments.

On each segment's page, you will see The ROI's Five-Year Trend Charts for the 6 key benchmarks The ROI has identified as most important and meaningful for retailers to monitor:

• Pre-Tax Profit %
• Gross Margin %
• Inventory Turns
• Debt-to-Worth Ratio
• Current Ratio
• GMROI 

Please take a look at these latest retail financial trends. We believe they offer invaluable perspective on your own stores' performance.

Then, by all means, be sure to take advantage of The ROI's Retail Benchmarks Resource Center.  Whether you are a retail owner, an aspiring owner, a student of retailing, a store manager, a buyer, or simply(!) want better financial results, this is the place for you! 

Available online, 24/7, and FREE! Discover all of its useful and time-saving tools.  

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The ROI's Five Year Financial Trend Charts are based on data from Risk Management Associates Annual Statement Studies. RMA gathers financial statements from banks across the country, and compiles those numbers for every business category, not just retailing, all based on the North American Industrial Classification System. 

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Is it just us? 

Or does the 5-Year Trend for e-commerce profits look hauntingly similar to the Amazon packages??