From my experience as a business person, in buying and selling, I have discovered some helpful tips on how to increase profit. I'm happy to share some in this forum.
Customer relation, a business person must understand that customer is king and should be treated like a royalty. Even it they are buying the least thing in your shop. When they leave your shop delighted, be assured that they will always come back to patronise you. And they will even market your products to their friends. Meaning more patronage for your business which will be increasing your profit.
Your business should have at least one season when you give out rewards and discounts to customers when they buy your products. This will increase your sales geometrically and when you remove the cost of the reward and discounts, you will still have increased profit.
Stock different brands of the products that you sell. Customers will prefer to enter a shop where they will different varieties of what they need. More customers will enter and will even be tempted to buy more than they planned for. More customers equals more profit.
Please feel free to drop your own ideas on how to increase profit in businesses.
First you need to switch to one language and agree on the basic concepts:
Income - all cash receipts from core activities (sometimes non-core is added)
Profit is the money left after deducting all expenses from income.
Arithmetic tells us: To increase profit it is necessary:
1. or increase INCOME
2. Or reduce COSTS
3. or 1 + 2
Accordingly, continue to think and look for ways to achieve the goal. Income, additional, yes, it can be increased by increasing customer loyalty. For retail stores and the FMCG sector, this is a good way to go. Plus, users of such networks tend to carry targeted advertising to their friends/acquaintances/neighbors. People call it "word of mouth"
A loyal customer is the backbone of a business. But there may be other ways to increase revenue and reduce costs. For example, a reduction in the purchase price, a reduction in logistics / rental costs, tax optimization, a correct bonus system, etc.