The performance of inventory — how many times it «turns» in a year and how successfully the store manages to buy what it needs without wasting investment (tying up cash) and incurring margin - destroying revenueless - costs (return freight, probably added to inbound freight, plus wasted labor shelving, removing, packing, and shipping)-- is, by far, the single biggest determinant of whether a store succeeds commercially or fails. (fallingintoinfinity.com)
With GCSE grades set to be an even bigger determinant in university applications in the future, my dream of Oxford was hanging in the balance as I opened it up. (bbc.co.uk)
The study — the biggest of its kind in the UK - found that traumatic life events were the single biggest determinant of anxiety and depression followed by a family history of mental illness and income and education levels. (sciencedaily.com)