The Story of Melissa & Doug / Are Your Payroll Costs Just Right?

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Hey Diddle Diddle $8.95

Ten in the Bed $9.99

Rumble in the Jungle $9.95

Bear's Truck is Stuck $12.99

Who's There Beware $12.99

I Love You Little One $12.99

Noisy Noisy Digger $12.99

Noisy Baby Animals $12.99

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Farm, My 1st Touch and Feel $7.99

Old MacDonald Had a Farm $8.95

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Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear $8.95

I Like to Squeak! How Do You Speak $12.99

This Little Piggy $8.95

Snip Snap $9.99

Hickory Dickory Dock $7.99

Goodnight My Honey Bunny $14.99

Kittens, My 1st Touch and Feel $8.99

All prices are retail. Order 15 or more total books, and receive a 50% discount and free freight.

Are Your Payroll Costs Too High?

ASTRA (American Specialty Toy Retailing Association) recently asked its members to fill out a survey. One of the questions was related to overall payroll costs. Based on 138 stores who responded, the average payroll costs for those stores was 19% of their annual sales. How does that compare to yours? Better? Worse? It may help give you a benchmark for what it is probably the biggest expense for your business.

The Story of Melissa and Doug

I had the very good fortune of meeting, working with, and developing a friendship with Melissa and Doug when they were first starting out. To see the incredible transformation of two people who were essentially doing a road show, turn it into a business selling over 350 million a year is truly amazing.

To learn more about their story, I highly encourage you to give a listen to “How I Built This” with Guy Raz (NPR) and his interview with Melissa and Doug.