Salary
Retail sales
This will depend hugely on the business. A high volume low service sale (e.g. grocery retail) it will be almost nothing, fractions of a percent. In a low volume high service sale (e.g. custom software or other highly engineered products) it can be 25% or more.
2/3rds of the U.S. GDP is purported to be from retail sales.
Average sales profit
The meaning of a retail boom is when sales are going extraordinarily well. In order to be considered a boom, this increase in sales must take place over a short period of time.
7%
Depends on the business but for most small business your total occupancy cost should never exceed 10% of total sales.
Retail speciality rent should not exceed 10% of gross sales. Project a realistic expectation of sales to establish a rent you can support. Calculate your base rent on this projection and allow for a 20% error on the down side. Keep in mind the lessor must cover costs and realize a gain on the investment, so new facilities may not be within range of what you can support. Depreciated older property may be the best option. If your business is characterized by growth, you may want to offer the lessor a percentage of the sales over the base amount to offset a lower rent.
Woolworth's type of business was retail sales. For a time this retail store chain dominated the retail stores market.
sales tax
Retail Sales Volume
A good goal would be 20 - 25% of Gross Profit (Sales - COGS). A realistic number might be 30%.
A sales alliance is an agreement where a company shares its customers with another business by drawing attention to that business's products, in exchange for a percentage of the sales revenue.
Retail sales.
should be enthusiastic, confident, and smile alot
10%
In retail ( outside a mall) I would think around 6 to 9% I would add my advertising cost to that for the real number . If your not in the mall, I like to think my business is a combination of expousere from rent and advertising.