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Should You Pay Attention to Economic Indicators?

An article published recently in the Journal makes the case that smaller companies should pay attention to certain economic indicators, such as the Producer Price Index (PPI), unemployment rates, and consumer confidence. Yet most smaller companies take what the market will bear, and sell and buy in markets which are impacted by much more narrow

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Margin Versus Mark-Up

Communicating simple accounting and finance measures to colleagues can be a challenge. Take, for example, gross profit margin percentage and mark-up percentage or simply margin versus mark-up. To non-finance professionals, these two measures may seem to be interchangeable. But they’re not. Mark-up percentage is generally a marketing measure used in pricing decisions made by marketing professionals.

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