Word: margineers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Gross margin for mason material dealers in 1928 was 23.2 per cent of sales; total expense, 22.7 per cent; leaving a net profit over and above return on investment of 0.5 per cent, or $.50 for each $100. of sales. Profits of 3 per cent or over were secured by more than one-fifth of the firms...
Companies handling lumber reported a gross margin of 25.8 per cent; total expense of 25.0 per cent; and net profit on sales of 0.8 per cent. Stock-turn was at the rate of 3.1. times a year. Profits of 3.0 per cent or over were shown by one-fourth of them...
...firms selling lumber and mason materials, gross margin was 24.4 per cent: total expense, 22.8 per cent; and net profit, 1.6 per cent. Profits of 3.0 per cent were realized by about one-third of the dealers in this class...
...operating results of firms reporting to the bureau for both 1927 and 1928 in the lumber, lumber and mason material, and mason material groups indicated that in all but the latter division gross margin was greater in 1928 than in the preceeding year. In all three groups total expense was greater and net profits on sales less in 1928. This variation was similar to that found in other retail fields during the last few years...
...from members of the Junior class have been coming in very satisfactorily during the past week. Although no definite figures are available, it is understood that each House has had about 125 first choices so far. Since approximately 75 places are reserved for Juniors in each House, a comfortable margin is allowed for making up the cross sections desired...