This is Harbour Lane Retail — A single-site premium apparel store with a 45% gross margin, six floor staff and a disciplined inventory cycle. It was solved backwards from the target profit below, with Australia statutory tax, GST and payroll on-costs already applied.
6 staff$5.11M annual revenue4% net margin
The plan, solved backwards
Target net profit
$205,000
Revenue required
$1,140,000
Operating costs
$456,000
Payroll base
$372,000
Funding solved
$1,260,000
Net margin
4.3%
What your sector's numbers say
• Retail typically holds a 45% gross margin with wages near 16% of revenue — a point either way is your whole net result.
• Stock turns of about 4.5x a year and 45 creditor days decide your cash position long before profit does.
• Occupancy near 8% of revenue means your rent ceiling is set by your sales floor, not by the landlord's asking price.
Inventory-led margins; watch shrinkage and rostering peaks.
Retail benchmarks applied
Sector gross margin
45%
Labour benchmark
16%
Occupancy of revenue
8%
Debtor days
5 days
Creditor days
45 days
Stock turns
4.5x per year
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