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ABACUS
ABACUS is a yearly, members-only survey which gathers valuable information that can help improve a bookstore’s operations…and bottom line. Input from hundreds of ABA members results in valuable data that help ABA establish the benchmarks recommended for stores to improve business operations and profitability. ABACUS also provides valuable insight for ABA Education.
The ABACUS-12 Survey process opened on Wednesday, May 15, 2013. ABA main store member bookstores received an e-mail from the National Association of College Stores’ (NACS) OnCampus Research with key instructions, updates, and links to the secure, online ABACUS submission form. The ABACUS-12 survey gathers financial data from 2012 store operations. The new online survey will add up a store’s sales and expenses, as well as calculate income.
Stores that participate in ABACUS-12 will receive a customized report that analyzes their financial results, including comparisons with other stores based on multiple criteria (such as sales level, store size, and community type) in addition to year-to-year trending information.
Booksellers with questions about submitting data to the survey can contact Martha Love at OnCampus Research via e-mail to mlove@nacs.org or call (800) 622-7498 ext. 2448. Booksellers who have general questions about ABACUS can contact ABA’s Dan Cullen via e-mail or at (800) 637-0037, ext. 7560.
The ABACUS-11 survey data collection process ended in August, 2012.
Stores participating in ABACUS-11, as with each yearly survey, receive a free, customized report that analyzes their financial results, including comparisons with other businesses based on multiple criteria (such as sales level, store size, and community type) in addition to year-to-year trending information.
Questions about submitting data to the survey should be addressed to OnCampus Research; general questions about ABACUS should be addressed to ABA.
Customized ABACUS store reports were sent to participants in surveys covering store financial operations for the years 2008 - 2010. Read more about those ABACUS reports in Bookselling This Week.
For information about past ABACUS surveys, as analyzed by former ABA CEO Avin Domnitz, please email Dan Cullen.
