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Government Relief and Wage Requirements: What You Need to Know Presentation | 2.58 MB |
Tom Jardim and Scott Salmon, experts in employment and labor law from the law firm Jardim, Meisner & Susser, P.C., will walk booksellers through the federal government relief and wage requirements recently passed in response to COVID-19.
Jardim and Salmon will cover the relief for small businesses in the CARES Act such as the Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program, the Paycheck Protection Program, increased unemployment benefits, and tax/tax credit information. Additionally, the webinar will cover wage and hour requirements in part implemented by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.
Tom Jardim and Scott Salmon, experts in employment and labor law from the law firm Jardim, Meisner & Susser, P.C., will walk booksellers through the federal government relief and wage requirements recently passed in response to COVID-19.
Jardim and Salmon will cover the relief for small businesses in the CARES Act such as the Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program, the Paycheck Protection Program, increased unemployment benefits, and tax/tax credit information. Additionally, the webinar will cover wage and hour requirements in part implemented by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.
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Cost Cutting with ABACUS (PDF) | 116.33 KB |
ABACUS is the financial benchmarking survey that provides actionable, store-specific financial data as well as overall data on the financial health of independent bookstores for those who submit to the survey. Whether or not you submit, you will find this session full of helpful guidelines and suggestions for increasing store profitability. Not sure what ABACUS is or if it’s applicable to you? This is the perfect place to find your answers. Panelists: Pete Mulvihill, Green Apple Books (San Francisco, CA), Donna Garban, Little City Books (Hoboken, NJ), Suzanna Hermans, Oblong Books and Music (Millerton, NY), Angela Schwesnedl, Moon Palace Books (Minneapolis, MN)
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Utilizing Coop Presentation (PDF) | 4.96 MB |
“Co-op” is a word booksellers often hear from publishers, but it can be quite confusing to try to decipher what it is. In this session, bookstores that maximize their spending using co-op dollars will share with attendees:
Jenny Cohen, Waucoma Bookstore (Hood River, OR)
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ABACUS 17 Key Drivers (PDF) | 108.86 KB |
ABACUS Survey Questions (PDF) | 3.66 MB |
Intro to Abacus Presentation (PDF) | 1.44 MB |
The ABACUS benchmarking report is designed to provide easy-to-understand guidelines for identifying independent bookstore business performance improvement opportunities. If you have never participated in the survey and would like to learn more about reporting to ABACUS-19, which will open in spring 2020, this session will teach you:
Dan Cullen, ABA (White Plains, NY); Sarah Hutton, Village Books (Bellingham, WA); Tina Ferguson, Face in a Book (El Dorado Hills, CA); Andy Perham, Books Inc. (San Francisco, CA)
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Small Acts for Financial Gain Presentation (PDF) | 1.32 MB |
When your wallet is slim and margins are small, every penny counts. But there are little things that can be done every single day to boost a bookstore’s bottom line. Bookstore panelists who have effectively pinched a penny here and saved a penny there will teach attendees:
Adlai Yeomans, White Whale Books (Pittsburgh, PA); Katie Orphan, The Last Bookstore (Los Angeles, CA); Ariana Paliobagus, Country Bookshelf (Bozeman, MT); Suzanna Hermans, Oblong Books & Music (Millerton, NY)
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ABACUS Highlights pdf | 188.33 KB |
Using ABACUS as a Budgeting Tool Presentation (PDF) | 2.14 MB |
ABACUS is a yearly benchmarking survey that gathers essential information and insights on bookstore financials. This unique and actionable data is key to a store’s long-term viability, as it can be used to create budgets and analyze important business questions. Bookseller panelists who regularly submit to ABACUS will explain how they have been able to implement changes based on their ABACUS report. In this session, booksellers will learn:
Information on how and when to submit your data to participate in the ABACUS report
Michael Becher, Industry Insights (Dublin, OH); Jamie Fiocco, Flyleaf Books (Chapel Hill, NC); Dan Cullen, ABA (White Plains, NY)
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Lower Your Cost of Goods Presentation (PDF) | 1.92 MB |
Increasing margin through better buying and careful budgeting can improve your cost of goods. This session will use data from ABA’s ABACUS report to outline a path to improvements in a store’s cost of goods, leading to improved financial decisions and substantial savings. The booksellers on this panel are excited to share straightforward financial practices that will make a big difference to the financial health of your business. In this session, booksellers will learn:
Melissa DeMotte, The Well-Read Moose (Coeur d'Alene, ID); Nicole Magistro, Bookworm of Edwards (Edwards, CO); Kate Schlademan, Learned Owl Book Shop (Hudson, OH); Robyn DesHotel, ABA (White Plains, NY)
The American Booksellers Association, a national not-for-profit trade organization, works with booksellers and industry partners to ensure the success and profitability of independently owned book retailers, and to assist in expanding the community of the book.
Independent bookstores act as community anchors; they serve a unique role in promoting the open exchange of ideas, enriching the cultural life of communities, and creating economically vibrant neighborhoods.
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