June 13, 2013, Melbourne, Australia – The KPI Institute, the global authority on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) research and education announces the launch of a new report in its 2011-2012 edition of its popular Top 25 series of reports. The series is based on research conducted through www.smartKPIs.com, which contains over 20,000 Key Performance Indicator examples, making it the world’s largest source of thoroughly documented KPIs.

Retailing consists of the sale of goods or merchandise directly to end consumers. A retailer purchases goods or products in large quantities from manufacturers and then sells smaller quantities to the consumer. They are an important part of the supply chain integrated system. Retailing can be done in either fixed locations like stores, markets or door-to-door. KPIs focus on measuring the volume of sales, turnover and efficiency in organizing the retail store operations. (more…)