Stores that are owned by corporations with whom institutions have signed contracts to provide bookstore services. #BookstoreOperatingCycles
Institutional Stores are owned and operated by the college or university they serve. #BookstoreOperatingCycles
An accounting period of twelve months. #BookstoreOperatingCycles
Are usually cooperatives or associations that are ran by a large student board of directors. Cooperatives (or co-ops, as they are generally called) are non-profit and are operated for the benefit of their member/owners (in this case, students). #BookstoreOperatingCycles
Are just that -- owned by private individuals or companies with no formal affiliation with the college or university. #BookstoreOperatingCycles
The number of times during a period that a store sells its inventory and replaces. The ratio of net sales per year to average inventory in retail dollars. #BookstoreOperatingCycles
Process of valuing inventory using the most recent prices of items shipped to determine current costs. #BookstoreOperatingCycles
The control of merchandise as it moves into and out of the store. #BookstoreOperatingCycles
One who offers merchandise for sale to resellers. #BookstoreOperatingCycles
Arrangements that specify when title to goods passes to the retailer and whether the supplier or the retailer will pay for transportation changes. #BookstoreOperatingCycles