Showing posts with label trade credit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label trade credit. Show all posts
Monday 9 March 2015

120 days credit - when the customer makes you an early payment 'offer you can't refuse'....

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Given the possibility that 120 days credit may become the ‘norm’, and the likelihood that retailers may offer ‘easy invoice’ arrangements f...
Wednesday 4 March 2015

120 days, just a Lidl bit of extra credit?

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According to The Sunday Times, Lidl UK are allegedly asking  some suppliers to accept 120 days payment terms. Apart from the usual cost/r...
Monday 12 January 2015

The Hungarian Revolution in retail competition legislation - Why this matters to the UK NAM...

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Following on from yesterday morning's post re the new trade law in Hungary re closure of unprofitable supermarkets (below), it is obvio...
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Friday 19 April 2013

The Savvy Approach to Late Payments, Invoice-Haircuts and other power abuse..

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A cross party Parliamentary inquiry into late payment will take place next week . The meeting, which will be chaired by Labour MP Debbie Ab...
Monday 15 April 2013

'Settlement fees' for early payment

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Given that some retailers are offering suppliers earlier payment for a discount, it might be helpful to run the numbers and explore the fin...
Monday 18 March 2013

Settlement discount - how to negotiate earlier payment

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Given the news that HMV and Blockbuster 'owed £490m' to creditors when they collapsed after Christmas, it is important that suppli...
Monday 22 October 2012

Sainsbury's changes to non-foods payment terms...the bottom-line impact

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According to The Telegraph , Sainsbury’s have extended its standard payment terms to 75 days for all non-food suppliers. In some cases, this...
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Monday 2 April 2012

Use of Fixed Charge Cover to spot a customer going bust?

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Given the financial turmoil o f the past three years resulting in further retail casualties such as Game Group, and a number of others on t...
Monday 27 February 2012

Optimising the Value of Trade Credit

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How to calculate cost to you and value to the customer, of free trade credit Make trade credit an integral part of the negotiation process...