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Queenie Paraiso 10/9/26 Queenie Paraiso 10/9/26

A Lower FOB Cost Can Worsen Your Viability Ratio While Improving Your Price

Lower your FOB cost and the shelf price falls, yet the viability ratio can slip. The reason sits in which layers of the chain move with cost and which do not. What is your ratio actually telling you?