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Non-Tech : GRIN (Grand Toys International Inc) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Frank McVerry who wrote (79)	12/7/1998 12:10:00 AM
From: Frank McVerry	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 495

Manufacturers-Distributors-Retailers Let's take a look at where the money is made in one particular Furby 'food chain'. (Financial numbers from Yahoo 'profiles'). Manufacturer (Hasbro) Ave profit margin = 3% Distributor (GRIN) Ave profit margin = 4.1% Retailer (Walmart) Ave profit margin = 3.2% But even a good profit margin doesn't mean much if the Furby sales are only a small fraction of total annual sales. Hasbro Annual sales = $3.13 billion GRIN Annual sales = $37.6 million Walmart Annual sales = $133.7 billion Question 1 - what would sales of 2 million Furbys mean to GRIN ? Question 2 - what would sales of 22 (twenty-two) million Furbys mean to Hasbro or Walmart ? Enough said ? Frank