Financial Forecasting for Retail

All retail business owners need to understand how cash flow can change over the year and when to make difficult decisions. Brixx can give you the tools needed to deliver the financial information needed as and when you need it.

Financial Forecasting for Retail
A financial forecasting template that is specifically structured for Yamaha dealerships.

“With Brixx, the time, accuracy and ease of generating reports is much more efficient for my clients.”

Malcolm Veall, Naked Accounting

Financial modelling tool for retail stores

Retail stores need financial forecasting and cash flow planning for several reasons. It is important to plan and budget for expenses and investments, alongside projecting what real-world sales and revenue will be. Identifying trends, managing risk, and raising capital are all important aspects that your business needs to be aware of.

Brixx is built on 20+ years of business modelling experience, you’ll know you can trust the results. All this means you can provide clear and confident advice, backed up by the numbers. Focus on the growth of your store using our financial modelling software.

financial forecasting for retail

Who can use it?

  • Retail
  • Store owners
  • Store managers
  • Private storefronts (market stalls, etc)

Brixx is Highly Accessible for:

  • Anyone with an understanding of the overall business
  • Not just an accountant or FD

What are the benefits?

  • The template reflects a real current business model – including all aspects of running a food business
  • Quick and easy to use, with easy to read results and graphs
  • Quickly see the effects of additional income streams like loans
  • Instant feedback exploring different scenarios, e.g. different venues

“Big picture thinking”

  • Understanding sales impact on overall profit
  • Proof of potential earnings planning for acquiring extra funding, e.g. bank loans
  • Early preparation for lean periods like the winter season
  • Resource planning for overheads such as new hires
  • Budgeting for new menus, locations, etc

How to use the template

The components of your retail business

Every component of your retail business has been included in this template, from sales, to costs, to the assets of the business. In Brixx all aspects of your business can be modelled, and you are free to add to and modify the structure of your model to reflect the reality of your business.

Retail components

Adding forecast data

In each component you’ll enter a forecast covering the next 3 years. Sales forecasts include unit price and unit numbers, while costs of sale and OTR costs can be calculated automatically based on your forecasts.

Retail forecast

Reporting

Brixx models handle the double-entry accounting for you, letting you concentrate on what matters most – understanding your business. Brixx generates a full cashflow, profit & loss and balance sheet based on your model, as well as a financial dashboard. Drill down in each to see the origin of your figures.

Retail reporting

Comparing actual performance with your forecast

Track how your business is doing each month by comparing your forecast with actual values for each type of sale and cost. You’ll quickly see where you’re performing well, and which areas of the business need attention. Use this information to inform your forecasts, increasing the accuracy of your planning.

retail actuals

Getting started with Brixx is simple

Foundations

Perfect for entrepreneurs, sole traders and small businesses to create sales forecasts, budgets and look at profitability and cashflow

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Foundations

Includes
  • 1 organisation
  • 1 plan
  • 1 year forecast
  • Unlimited sharing
  • Budget report
  • Income + Cost forecasting
  • Financial dashboard

Essentials

If you need to start managing budgets, reforecasting sales and evaluating actuals against forecasts. Also lets you bring in the full view of all elements of your business.

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15
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Everything in Foundations

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  • Full report suite
  • 3-way forecasting
  • Tax calculations
  • Cash payment terms
  • Actuals vs Forecast
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Allows you to plan over a longer period of 5 years, with up to 3 plans - ideal for developing the 3 year business plan for yourself, the bank or potential investors.

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  • 3 plans
  • 1 - 5 year forecasts
  • Xero integration

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Our enterprise level set of forecasting tools. Complete flexibility and an unprecedented level of modelling detail and scope.


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  • Unlimited organisations
  • 1 - 10 year forecasts

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