Gift Shop input evidence register

These notes explain the opening budget, annual forecast and calculator assumptions. Linked sources provide the support described in each note; they do not necessarily confirm the selected amounts. Check scenario assumptions against local quotes and operating records.

• Model assumption

  Applies to: Total opening budget · Lower opening budget · Upper opening budget

  Selected opening USD scopes: base 170000 for an already fitted 1200 sq ft gift retailer; low 112000 for about 900 sq ft, less installed work and a narrower range; high 260000 for about 1600 sq ft with more installed work, stock and reserve. Canonical item-order vectors: low [10000, 12000, 5000, 25000, 8000, 6000, 6000, 40000]; base [25000, 18000, 6000, 40000, 12000, 9000, 10000, 50000]; high [50000, 28000, 10000, 60000, 18000, 14000, 15000, 65000]. Totals reconcile. These are authored coordinated scopes, not observed percentiles or contractor offers.

  U.S. Small Business Administration · U.S. Small Business Administration
• Model assumption

  Applies to: Minor fit-out and installed lighting

  25000 USD allowance for minor fit-out, installed lighting, safe displays and site-specific accessibility/occupancy work in a fitted shop. No shell build, structural remediation or food-production installation; actual scope and approvals are unverified.

  U.S. Small Business Administration
• Model assumption

  Applies to: Display fixtures and checkout counter

  18000 USD for reusable display shelving/tables, card racks, wrapping surface and checkout counter, delivered/assembled. No custom production line or unpriced decorative fit-out; actual installed supplier offers needed.

  U.S. Small Business Administration
• Model assumption

  Applies to: POS, stock systems and security setup

  6000 USD for POS/stock hardware setup, scanners, basic security and network installation. Recurring software/connectivity belongs in overhead. No inventory integration or hardware offer audited.

  U.S. Small Business Administration
• Model assumption

  Applies to: Opening landed merchandise inventory

  40000 USD landed opening merchandise asset, selected across decor, accessories, sealed food gifts and stationery. Illustrative 50% landed goods share implies roughly 80000 USD retained sales value before loss and mix effects; this is no stock valuation guarantee. Supplier credit is not assumed. Opening stock is funded once; sold cost and replenishment cash have different timing.

  U.S. Small Business Administration · Internal Revenue Service
• Model assumption

  Applies to: Deposits, permissions and professional setup

  12000 USD: 8000 selected lease/utility deposits plus 4000 permissions, registration and legal/accounting setup. Refundability and tax treatment depend on agreements; the exact product list and retail-food permissions need jurisdictional checks.

  U.S. Small Business Administration · U.S. Small Business Administration · U.S. Food and Drug Administration
• Model assumption

  Applies to: Paid pre-opening work and launch outreach

  9000 USD: 6000 paid pre-opening receiving, training and merchandising plus 3000 launch outreach. These precede trading, separate from full annual operating payroll and recurring marketing.

  U.S. Small Business Administration · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · Internal Revenue Service
• Model assumption

  Applies to: Uncommitted opening contingency

  10000 USD uncommitted opening contingency, separate from liquid operating reserve and recurring upkeep. No automatic contractor entitlement or stock commitment assumed.

  U.S. Small Business Administration
• Model assumption

  Applies to: Liquid operating reserve

  50000 USD selected liquid operating reserve after the other opening uses. Shared ramp operating draw is a partial diagnostic, not proof of cash sufficiency. Actual reorders, prepaid seasonal stock, payroll dates, sales-tax remittances, debt, tax and replacement investment need a calendar.

  U.S. Small Business Administration
• Model assumption

  Applies to: Revenue (Years 1–5)

  Selected constant-2026-dollar sales: 42 USD net/completed order ×40 completed orders/day ×6 trading days/week ×4.33 weeks/month. Mature monthly revenue 43646.4; annual 523756.8 rounds 523757 in years 2–5. Year 1 ramp shares [0.5, 0.58, 0.66, 0.74, 0.82, 0.9, 0.98, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1] sum 10.18 mature months, giving 444320.352 rounds 444320. Sources supply planning and occasion context only, not this store's basket, local capture or growth.

  U.S. Small Business Administration · National Retail Federation
• Model assumption

  Applies to: Sold goods, stock loss, packaging and payment costs (Years 1–5)

  Variable operating-cost grouping is 55% of unrounded net sales: 50% landed sold merchandise, 1.5% unrecovered stock loss, 0.5% ordinary wrapping/bags, 3% blended payment allowance. Year 1=244376.1936 rounds 244376; years 2–5=288066.24 rounds 288066. Net sales already remove ordinary discounts and selling-value refunds. Opening inventory and supplier cash are not charged again; mix and markdown change cost behavior.

  Internal Revenue Service · Square
• Model assumption

  Applies to: Paid owner, retail team, relief and employer allowance (Years 1–5)

  Selected full economic labor 137640 USD/year, unchanged in constant dollars. Owner 40 h/week×26 USD×52=54080; lead 28×21×52=30576; assistant 24×18×52=22464; relief 8×18×52=7488; gross 114608. Comprehensive authored 20% employer/leave/benefit allowance 22921.6 gives 137529.6; 110.4 annual rounding provision gives 137640, or 11470/month. Owner 40 h includes 12 buying/admin hours. Total 100 paid hours/week; 88 available for floor/receiving/break roles. No second buyer-manager. Owner compensation is an economic cost, not a legal tax classification.

  U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · Internal Revenue Service
• Model assumption

  Applies to: Occupancy, systems and recurring operating overhead (Years 1–5)

  Selected fixed overhead 66000 USD/year=5500/month: rent 2800; occupancy pass-through 500; utilities 400; general/property insurance 250; POS/stock/web/connectivity systems 300; outreach 450; bookkeeping/payroll administration 250; repairs/upkeep 250; cleaning/refuse 150; other routine supplies 150. Insurance excludes workers' compensation within employer allowance; variable wrapping and payments are not repeated. Actual local offers, lease inclusions and nominal inflation are unverified.

  U.S. Small Business Administration · U.S. Small Business Administration
• Model assumption

  Applies to: Net completed-order value (base scenario) · Net completed-order value (lower sensitivity) · Net completed-order value (upper sensitivity)

  Selected 42 USD net/order: 1.5 units/order ×[35% decor at 40 USD +25% accessories at 28 +20% sealed gift foods at 18 +20% stationery/cards at 17]=42. Weighted 28 USD/unit. Category unit shares total 100%; their prices are chosen net values, not market averages. Selected landed unit costs 20, 14, 9, 8.50 yield 14 weighted and 21/order, 50% of net price. Range 34–48 is alternative basket/mix scope; it does not prove the same stock becomes cheaper in a markdown. Sales tax excluded, ordinary discounts/refund selling value already netted.

  Internal Revenue Service · Square
• Model assumption

  Applies to: Completed orders per trading day (base scenario) · Completed orders per trading day (lower sensitivity) · Completed orders per trading day (upper sensitivity)

  Selected 40 completed orders/day, including repeats, with 28 lower and 55 higher. Base 5 orders/public hour, 48 public hours/week. Capacity diagnostic: 240 orders/week×6 min including ordinary wrapping=24 h; selected 720 nonbuying visits/week×20% needing 3 min=7.2 h; receiving/replenishment 12 h; opening/closing/control 6 h; paid breaks 6 h; total 55.2 task-hours within 88 non-admin paid hours. At 55 orders, proportionate selling/assistance/receiving plus fixed control/break tasks=71.4 h. These visits, service times and averages are assumptions, not measured conversion or a guarantee against queues. Hourly rota and exceptional wrapping need testing.

  U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · National Retail Federation
• Model assumption

  Applies to: Trading days per week (base scenario) · Trading days per week (lower sensitivity) · Trading days per week (upper sensitivity)

  Selected six eight-hour public trading days/week; five-day lower schedule and no seventh-day assumption. Shared 4.33 weeks/month convention equals 51.96 modeled trading weeks/year and 311.76 days. Payroll pays 52 weeks. Actual public holidays, peak shifts, breaks and closures require a calendar; six-day trading does not imply one employee works every shift.

  U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · U.S. Small Business Administration
• Model assumption

  Applies to: Monthly fixed operating costs

  16970 USD/month=(137640 annual paid-owner/team labor+66000 annual fixed overhead)/12. Owner labor and routine upkeep paid before surplus. The selected volume range holds this funded roster; greater peak cover or a replacement manager raises the fixed base.

  U.S. Small Business Administration · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · Internal Revenue Service
• Model assumption

  Applies to: Contribution margin

  Selected 0.45=1−0.50 landed sold goods−0.015 stock loss−0.005 wrapping−0.03 payments. Not a national gift-shop margin or seller example. For same-unit markdown hold 21.84 USD/order nonpayment physical cost fixed and recalculate payment cost at 3% of reduced net price; holding 45% would wrongly imply cheaper existing stock. Actual processor costs also depend on tender and tax-inclusive receipts.

  Internal Revenue Service · Square
• Model assumption

  Applies to: Opening sales as a share of mature volume · Monthly increase toward mature volume · Forecast horizon (months)

  Selected start 50% of mature completed orders, add 8 percentage points/month capped at 100%, display 24 months. First 12 months match year-one sales before rounding. This is an authored launch path, not a measured seasonal series, repeat-customer lifetime or promised opening/break-even date.

  U.S. Small Business Administration