What are daily sales at an average running store?

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  • Liars on here

    Anonymous Poster

    1 year ago 11/05/2022 12:10am EDT
    re: manualf150

    Hi guys I work right across the street from a big name “running company” I saw 3 folks walk in today, one had a bag of what looked like a return. Hmmmm. CA rent? 3 customers, 1 return item. -$120 profit ??? Let’s pay those two Hispanic girls there too that don’t look like runners. $20 an hour x 8 hrs x 2. You just lost $440 in a 80 degree day in a touristy area this time of year. Hahahaha.

    Wife: Hi honey how was your day? Thanks for supporting us with your business.

    Lying husband: Pour me some 🍷. Hahahahaha.

    sorry not buying it. Maybe it worked in 1993.

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    runhills

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    1 year ago 11/05/2022 12:36pm EDT
    re: Uncle Jandy

    Don't forget about living expenses, such as rent, car insurance, car payment, gasoline, health insurance, groceries, cell phone bill...

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    runhills

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    1 year ago 11/05/2022 12:37pm EDT
    re: Uncle Jandy

    Uncle Jandy wrote:

    So some posters have said how much the store makes, but none/few have said how much it clears after expenses. You also have to factor in the margin cost of the product- just because you sell the shoe for $140 you also pay Nike something to sell that shoe. Then you have to pay your employees, unless you want to work 90 hours a week.

    Rent, utilities, labor, loan (if financed), cost of goods, etc. I don't know how much running goods cost a store, but I owned a restaurant and I didn't do it just to 'have something to do'.

    Don't forget about living expenses, such as rent, car insurance, car payment, gasoline, health insurance, groceries, cell phone bill...

  • Is it though?

    Anonymous Poster

    1 year ago 11/05/2022 1:14pm EDT
    re: This is Jim Kiler

    This is Jim Kiler wrote:

    Most bike shops survive on flat repairs. That's changing with the switch to tubeless, but the margin on an innertube install is monstrous.

    I mean, yes the tube itself is cheap but between the fix and being rung up, etc, it’s probably around 15 minutes of staff time. The $15 paid probably doesn’t cover more than 30 minutes of staff time depending on benefits, competitive local wage, etc.

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    YersiniaPestis

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    1 year ago 03/22/2023 9:30am EDT
    re: Is it though?

    I feel guilty for not supporting my local running stores. I live in midsized city and we have 3 local stores and a few FF scattered about in the 'burbs. I know the owners of most of the stores, yet I find myself ordering from Running Warehouse. It's just more convenient and they have a better selection.

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    reflekteve

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    1 year ago 03/26/2023 12:06am EDT
    re: Inside man

    CNBC has a new video on their YouTube channel about wholesale shopping clubs. According to industry analysts each Costco store generates $230 million in annual sales. Sam's Club does about half that. Your running store example doesn't mention a gross sales figure but it implies about $600,000 in annual profit. The contrast here between a Costco store and a LRS really put things into perspective.

  • God of Wine

    Anonymous Poster

    1 year ago 03/26/2023 7:31am EDT
    re: Juice Springsteen

    Juice Springsteen wrote:

    Neat thought. Let’s assume the following hours: 10 am-6 pm M-Sat and 10-4 Sunday. If it’s a good store they should be very busy on Saturday and Sunday. On a weekend you’ve got 8 hours, let’s say you have 3 employees; you could service 4 customers per hour and that’s being conservative. Average transaction let’s say is $150 (idk). That’s $8400 on the weekends. During the week I’d guess they do 1/3 of the business on a weekend day. That’s 1600 a day for 5 days; so that’s a weekly total of $16400.
    $65k a month

    $787k a year

    This guy is pretty good. We pulled in $820k in sales for 2022.

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