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Nakumatt: Another ailing Kenyan company
newfarer
#691 Posted : Sunday, September 08, 2019 2:30:02 AM
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retail business is a hard nut to crack
punda amecheka
Ericsson
#692 Posted : Sunday, September 08, 2019 5:29:16 PM
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newfarer wrote:
retail business is a hard nut to crack

Big 3
Naivas
Tuskys
Carrefour
Wealth is built through a relatively simple equation
Wealth=Income + Investments - Lifestyle
KulaRaha
#693 Posted : Monday, September 09, 2019 10:10:46 AM
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newfarer wrote:
retail business is a hard nut to crack


Choppies issues were mismanagement and internal board wrangles.
Business opportunities are like buses,there's always another one coming
maka
#694 Posted : Tuesday, September 10, 2019 12:30:21 AM
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Conquestador wrote:
Game at that unfinished place on Karen road will close down in less than 1 year.


Waterfront...
possunt quia posse videntur
Angelica _ann
#695 Posted : Tuesday, September 10, 2019 6:40:38 AM
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Some are doing very well.

Carrefour pays off Sh1.5bn loan before maturity.


https://www.businessdail...65138-btsi46z/index.html
In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins - cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later - H Geneen
hardwood
#696 Posted : Tuesday, September 10, 2019 10:04:30 AM
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newfarer wrote:
retail business is a hard nut to crack


Why is it hard? You lease a big room and put shelves, the suppliers stock the shelves, you sell the goods and pay them suppliers after 4 months.
nairobby
#697 Posted : Tuesday, September 10, 2019 10:13:41 AM
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hardwood wrote:
newfarer wrote:
retail business is a hard nut to crack


Why is it hard? You lease a big room and put shelves, the suppliers stock the shelves, you sell the goods and pay them suppliers after 4 months.


Margins are tiny
KulaRaha
#698 Posted : Tuesday, September 10, 2019 12:37:54 PM
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nairobby wrote:
hardwood wrote:
newfarer wrote:
retail business is a hard nut to crack


Why is it hard? You lease a big room and put shelves, the suppliers stock the shelves, you sell the goods and pay them suppliers after 4 months.


Margins are tiny


pilferage can eat your whole net margin...
Business opportunities are like buses,there's always another one coming
Shak
#699 Posted : Friday, January 10, 2020 4:17:10 PM
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Mike Ock
#700 Posted : Friday, January 10, 2020 5:17:00 PM
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KulaRaha wrote:
nairobby wrote:
hardwood wrote:
newfarer wrote:
retail business is a hard nut to crack


Why is it hard? You lease a big room and put shelves, the suppliers stock the shelves, you sell the goods and pay them suppliers after 4 months.


Margins are tiny


pilferage can eat your whole net margin...


Given this, in Kenya the only supermarket that can work is a single branch monitored from top to bottom by the owner. Scaling up and putting external management in place is just signing your death warrant
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