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Sales per Square Foot

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A retailer's sales divided by its selling square footage -- the productivity of the physical footprint, shown in dollars per square foot. It measures how much revenue each unit of store space generates, letting you compare a warehouse-format home-improvement box against a smaller-format competitor on a like-for-like productivity basis rather than raw store count. A rising trend signals the existing footprint is being used more productively (through better merchandising, Pro penetration, or e-commerce fulfillment from stores); a falling trend can warn of format fatigue or over-expansion.

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Accounts Payable · Adjusted EBITDA · Adjusted EBITDA Ex-SBC · ADR · ARPU · Average Length Of Stay

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