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Concepts and definitions

Sales surface area

Sales surface area comprises

• total area in use of customers, including fitting rooms
• sales counters and shopwindows
• space behind sales counters reserved for salespersons.

Total area

Total area comprises the sales surface area, offices, warehouses, staff facilities and other areas belonging to the business premises.

Turnover

Turnover is as reported in the financial statement.

Turnover from trade purchase and sale activities comprises sales of goods bought in the enterprise's own name and on its own account and of those resold to trade enterprises as such or packed and marked in a typical manner:

• retail trade (resale to households or to units consuming small quantities)
• wholesale trade (resale to other retailers or professional users).