I think the OP is confused about margin vs mark up - I suspect buying from Booker or a.n.other wholesaler. He mentioned POR (profit On Return) above which is what Booker use in store to show gross margin. Dunno why, I've never seen that term used anywhere else but maybe it's more common than I think!
OP, to calculate your margin (POR), find your cash profit figure, divide it by the sales price and x by 100. So if your sales price is £13 and it cost you £10 to buy, your profit is £3. 13/3 is 0.2307. X by 100 gives you POR of 23.07%.
If you have your cost price and want to know what to sell it for to get your targeted margin, then you divide your cost price by the REVERSE of your target %. So say in the example above, you want to get 23% (for round figures). The reverse of 23% is 77%, or 0.77. £10 / 0.77 = £12.99.thq
I think the OP is confused about margin vs mark up - I suspect buying from Booker or a.n.other wholesaler. He mentioned POR (profit On Return) above which is what Booker use in store to show gross margin. Dunno why, I've never seen that term used anywhere else but maybe it's more common than I think!
OP, to calculate your margin (POR), find your cash profit figure, divide it by the sales price and x by 100. So if your sales price is £13 and it cost you £10 to buy, your profit is £3. 13/3 is 0.2307. X by 100 gives you POR of 23.07%.
If you have your cost price and want to know what to sell it for to get your targeted margin, then you divide your cost price by the REVERSE of your target %. So say in the example above, you want to get 23% (for round figures). The reverse of 23% is 77%, or 0.77. £10 / 0.77 = £12.99.
Thank you so much sir