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Answer» Dell: 5% Margins For Consumer PC Business Is Sustainable JUNE 24, 2010 Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100624-707389.html Hard to believe. At FIVE per cent a lot of companies are going to DROP out. And if that is true, what is the point of fever building your own computer? As companies quit we will see a lot of PCs stuff show up in the over stock market below the coast of the PARTS if bought individually. While 5% profit margins doesn't sound like much, my limited understanding of the grocery business is that that operate on about half that much.According to http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=204979:
"According to their retail profiles for "grocery and beverage stores" any store in the $15-$20 million range, the gross margins are 25.6% (net margins are 6%)."
The article about Dell is REFERRING to net margin. So, they're slightly below grocery and beverage stores. Quote from: soybean on June 26, 2010, 01:32:21 PM According to http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=204979:
"According to their retail profiles for "grocery and beverage stores" any store in the $15-$20 million range, the gross margins are 25.6% (net margins are 6%)."
The article about Dell is referring to net margin. So, they're slightly below grocery and beverage stores.
Thanks Soybean. That's what I was thinking. Perhaps Dell should offer ... Gourmet Coffee and Imported Chocolate ...to improve their profit margins.
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