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GMROI "Bankability" & Growth Rater
Quick. Verifiable. Sophisticated. Uniquely Retail. Be more strategic when dealing with lenders!
Is your business poised for growth? Or, about to be in a cash flow crunch? 

A quick way to really know is to compare your GMROI (Gross Margin Return on Inventory Investment, the #1 measure of inventory productivity) to the average-performing retailer in your segment.

Use the free Retailer's "Bankability" & Growth Rater. Developed by The Retail Owners Institute®, this is a uniquely-retail, sophisticated, and telling metric. 

Quickly see how you compare. And discover what financing choices you could have. 
Retail "Bankability" & Growth Rater
To better arm you, the prospective borrower, to negotiate a reasonable loan package (and to increase the confidence of potential lenders!) The Retail Owners Institute has created a quick, verifiable, sophisticated, and uniquely retail measurement of "retail bankability".

It's based on GMROI - Gross Margin Return on Inventory (Investment). This dynamic tool is the #1 measure of inventory productivity. (And a key indicator of positive cash flow!)

Here is the (elegant) three step process:
  1. Measure the retailer's GMROI - Gross Margin Return on Inventory (Investment)
  2. Compare to other stores in that retail segment
  3. Determine if you should seek short term working capital or longer term loans.
All in 3 quick steps. Online, 24/7, and free! You can try this for yourself anytime at The Retail Owners Institute®. Just click here for the "Bankability" Rater & Loan Finder.

Brought to you by The Retail Owners Institute® and its Retail STRATA:G® Services   (That's "strategy". Every retailer needs one!) 
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