Retail Rakes it in after 360 Price Cut

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fkusumot said:

kingofwale said:

 

It's really hard to take what you just said seriously, considering you offered absolutely no insight to the topic or suggested any other meaningful argument.

Profit margin is a hard number, you either get it or you don't. Maybe go into the field and ask your local employee to find out yourself?

It take it you don't make it a habit of reading 10-k filings. Go ask an employee in the field at one store? That's a bit like asking the guy at Burger King flippin' burgers how to raise a cow.

Well the 10 K filing are tough to sort out. I believe most companies make it a point to list video game sales along with video and CD sales.

Best Buy could just have a really poor negotiation on games.

Wal-mart makes a pretty healthy proft on games for example. Or at least they did during the PS2 era. Of course that's because they can negotiatie the biggest costs.

They also make a 500% markup on those little plastic balls that are in the big holder crates in the center of toy isles. Those things are profit margin heaven.  If you ever wondered why they were there when like no one buys them.  1 sale pretty much pays for it. 

Still, unless your working high up in the company you at best are going to know regional profitability and not overall profitability of products.