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.
Distance from Massachusetts to Boston. Distance from Massachusetts to Boston is 27 kilometers. This air travel distance is equal to 17 miles. The air travel (bird fly) shortest distance between Massachusetts and Boston is 27 km= 17 miles. If you travel with an airplane (which has average speed of 560 miles) from Massachusetts to Boston, It takes 0.03 hours to arrive.