PONDEROSA PINE

A soft-textured wood with straiqht. close and u n if ormed gra i n, Ponderosa P i ne'is ui n exce I led for smoothness and fine appearance when surfaced. Suitable for many purposes, it has less tendency to split than denser woods. Excellent workability; extremely paintable; tops in gluing.

The Merchant Magazine the region were $175,789 as compared with a median of $154,328. The median was generally lower than the mathematical average with the exception of Wyoming and S. E. Idaho. The number of responses from S. E. ldaho were limited to about 330/o with home centers or hardware oriented businesses being a significant number of the lower end of the sales volume scale. This accounted for the relative number of employees being larger, thus reducing the mathematical average. However, the more traditional retail yards outnumbered the home center operations in the median figures. A similar situation existed in Wyoming with much closer median and average figures,

In a breakdown by state, Colorado had average sales per employee of $186,905 and median sales per employee of $154,657; New Mexico, $154,337 average, $145,810 median; S. E. Idaho, $132,000 average, $152,850 median; Utah, S175,009 average, $155,297 median; Wyoming, $170,076 average, $173,667 median.

The relationship between business mix, sales volume, employment and sales per employee showed that the more the retail location was oriented toward the builder/contractor trade, the more likely the operation was to have a larger annual sales volume and a higher volume of sales per employee. The greater the retail or do-it-yourself trade, the smaller the volume in most cases with a lower volume of sales per employee.

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