This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in retailing new books, newspapers, magazines, and other periodicals (without publishing). It has no schema of its own: companies here are mapped on the Retail & e-commerce schema, and what it does not cover is recorded as gaps.
| Parameter | Primitive | Type | Unit | Companies | Median | Range |
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Cost to acquire a customer | Traffic and acquisition | Money | USD | 0 | — | — |
Store visitors who buy | Store teams and conversion | Percent | % | 0 | — | — |
Sales at a markdown | Pricing and promotions | Percent | % | 0 |
Median and range are shown once 3 or more companies on Book Retailers and News Dealers and below have published a number; each company counts once.
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Initial markup | Pricing and promotions | Percent | % | 0 | — | — |
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Online conversion | Online storefront | Percent | % | 0 | — | — |
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Average order value | Online storefront | Money | USD | 0 | — | — |
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Carts abandoned | Online storefront | Percent | % | 0 | — | — |
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Revenue through marketplaces | Marketplaces | Percent | % | 0 | — | — |
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Marketplace fees as share of their sales | Marketplaces | Percent | % | 0 | — | — |
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Inventory turns | Stock | Number | per year | 0 | — | — |
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Sell-through | Stock | Percent | % | 0 | — | — |
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Products out of stock | Stock | Percent | % | 0 | — | — |
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Order to ship | Order fulfilment | Number | hours | 0 | — | — |
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Gross margin return on inventory | Merchandising | Number | ratio | 0 | — | — |
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Sales per square foot | Merchandising | Money | USD per year | 0 | — | — |
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Active products | Assortment | Number | products | 0 | — | — |
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Products selling under plan | Assortment | Percent | % | 0 | — | — |
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Shrink as share of sales | Shrink and loss prevention | Percent | % | 0 | — | — |
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Online orders fulfilled from stores | Store and omnichannel fulfilment | Percent | % | 0 | — | — |
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Customers who buy again within a year | Repeat purchase | Percent | % | 0 | — | — |
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Return rate | Returns | Percent | % | 0 | — | — |
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Days to process a return | Returns | Number | days | 0 | — | — |
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Returns resold at full price | Returns | Percent | % | 0 | — | — |
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Sales from members | Loyalty | Percent | % | 0 | — | — |
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Rewards redeemed | Loyalty | Percent | % | 0 | — | — |
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Transactions per till per hour | Point of sale | Number | transactions | 0 | — | — |
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