Low Margin Retailers. Gross margins at retail are measured by the total percentage of profit generated by each item sold. For example, a 2007 Forbes magazine study noted that warehouse chain Costco generated margins of about 12.2 percent in the third quarter of 2006.That's considered a thin margin but Costco charges annual membership fees to customers so that it can keep its prices and margins low.ass merchants such as Wal-Mart also generate low margins but make up for it through sales volume. The Forbes magazine study noted that Wal-Mart posted a gross margin of 23.7 percent in the third quarter of 2006, which at the time was its highest margin in four years.
Bedford is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is within the Greater Boston area, 15 miles (24 km) north-west of the city of Boston. The population of Bedford was 13,320 at the 2010 census.
The distance between Boston and New Bedford in a straight line is 48 miles or 77.23 Kilometers. Driving Directions & Drive Times from Boston to New Bedford can be found further down the page. Driving distances, maps and journey times are currently provided by Google mapping systems.