1 Gross margin for a coffee shop is about 85%, with operating income averaging 2.5% of net sales. 2  The labor intensive nature of the coffee shop business places a premium on friendly, high energy teams which generate about $50,000 in annual revenue per worker.
The team at Amazon helped us put together a list of the most popular products with the most user reviews. Unsurprisingly, many of the top products are made by Amazon. But there are a lot of other cool tech gadgets, from headphones to hair straighteners, that sell like crazy on the platform. Here are the best-selling gadgets from Amazon.
Research firm Gartner forecast shipments of fitness-focused wearable devices will top 68 million this year, and the industry is branching out from wristbands into shoes and clothing. Smart bands, popularized by Jawbone and Fitbit, are the most used exercise trackers. Smart watches like Apple's (AAPL, Tech30) new offering are expected to muscle into the market in a big way in the years ahead.