Estimate your real gross margin (front margin, back margins, shrinkage) and the recoverable EBITDA, by store format, in seconds.
Indicative simulation based on GMS sector benchmarks. Calculations run in your browser: no data is sent. For a precise figure and an action plan, the next step is a margin audit.
by bringing unknown shrinkage back to the format target. Theoretical maximum: in practice aim for 50 to 80 % of it with a monthly per-department plan.
In large retail, the visible front margin is only part of the story. The real gross margin combines the front margin, the back margins (year-end rebates and commercial cooperation, booked as a reduction of purchase cost in account 609, never as income) and, in the other direction, unknown shrinkage (theft, errors), which is only revealed at inventory. Reading these three lines together, by department and by store, is what separates a steered chain from one that only watches consolidated revenue.
A clear margin reading lets you:
Hayot Expertise reads your margin by department and by store, secures the accounting of back margins and shrinkage, and structures multi-store groups. We turn the figures into an action plan, not a report.