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    Forum: Main
    02-05-2013, 12:15 PM
    Replies: 64
    Views: 20,637
    Posted By AUQuilter

    CD, I obviously misused the term profit margin. ...

    CD, I obviously misused the term profit margin. I had mentioned business overhead expenses in the reply before that one and should have called the $1 difference a markup. Thanks for clarifying...
    Forum: Main
    02-05-2013, 10:29 AM
    Replies: 64
    Views: 20,637
    Posted By AUQuilter

    I hit reply before I finished. So here's the...

    I hit reply before I finished. So here's the math part and I am making up #s for ease of doing that math: If the LQS buys fabric at $5 a yd and then marks it up 60% then it is selling for $8 a yd....
    Forum: Main
    02-05-2013, 09:43 AM
    Replies: 64
    Views: 20,637
    Posted By AUQuilter

    I think it depends on how much fabric turnover...

    I think it depends on how much fabric turnover and other business overhead expenses they have. My LQSs are marking the new fabrics at $10.99-11.49 a yard. When I travel with DH to Lancaster (I get...
    Forum: Main
    02-03-2013, 12:32 PM
    Replies: 64
    Views: 20,637
    Posted By AUQuilter

    Most likely, she is "hoping" that things will...

    Most likely, she is "hoping" that things will work out and not have to go out of business. I too have been in a shop with old fabric- those I can get on Craigslist postings- and wonder how they stay...
    Forum: Main
    02-03-2013, 11:03 AM
    Replies: 64
    Views: 20,637
    Posted By AUQuilter

    Quilts shops will come and go like Scissor Queen...

    Quilts shops will come and go like Scissor Queen states. Many small businesses fail to thrive for various reasons, some not even making it through the first year. They don't plan to fail, they just...
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