Overview
Trading position across all three branches.
Updated 06:00 today. Straight from BisTrack.
Sales today
£42,240
Month to date
£998,640
Gross margin
24.6%
Orders in progress
118
Customers gone quiet
11
Sales, rolling 12 months
This year against the same months last year.
Sales by product category
Rolling 12 months. Click a bar for the category detail.
Branch performance
Sales and achieved margin, rolling 12 months. Click a branch for its full detail.
Needs attention
Five things worth a decision this week.
Margin on Sheet Materials down 3.1 points at Carlton
Carlton is quoting 16.4% against a group average of 19.5%. Three large OSB orders went out at cost plus 9% in August.
£31,400 a year
Hartley Joinery spend down 62% on last quarter
£18,400 in Q2, £6,980 in Q3. Still buying ironmongery but has stopped buying carcassing entirely.
£44,000 at risk
1,240 lines have not moved in 6 months
£142,000 of stock across three branches, 58% of it sitting at Carlton and Eastfield.
£142,000 tied up
Carlton is 4.2 points behind Northgate on Carcassing
Comparable volumes, comparable customer mix. The difference is discount at the trade counter.
£28,600 a year
Decking up 18% on last year across all three branches
Composite lines driving it. Stock cover on the grey composite board is down to 1.4 weeks.
Protect the stock
Sales and weather
Weekly sales against rainfall and temperature, last 12 weeks.
Decking sales fall 34% in weeks with more than 40mm of rainfall. Last year you carried peak decking stock right through a wet August.

