Tesco still ranks third behind Carrefour in global turnover (Wal-Mart is number one).

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The company said the impact on staff would be minimised by natural turnover and redeployment, and the number of permanent employees who would leave the company was estimated to be about 800.

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Last January's report had raised concerns about a number of areas, including staff turnover, high levels of reported violence, healthcare and the level of participation by prisoners in various activities on offer.

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Taking this a step further, you can determine the number of days it takes to completely turn over inventory by dividing the number of days in a period by the inventory turnover ratio.

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Inventory turnover is one of the classic measures of retailing success: The higher the number, the better, since that means the retailer is getting more mileage out of the assets it has tied up on its shelves.

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For Passport this is an important number because Stouffer trades as if stock exchanges were going out of style. (Portfolio turnover: 700% a year.) You're not going to have any luck getting this stat from the folks manning the toll-free number.

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