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Thirty lines that are most of what a small island shop sells
A new shopkeeper asks for the full price list. What they actually need is the short list, and we have counted which lines it contains.
Ordering for Ramadan without tying up all your money
Ramadan volume is front loaded and it falls off a cliff in the last week. Buying it as one order is how shops end up holding flour in June.
Where a shop's margin actually goes
Turnover up, money the same. It is usually two departments, and they are nearly always the bulky ones.