Your whole week, in one email. Before you open.
Every Monday at 6 a.m., the Command Bar sends a short memo: last week in ten numbers, how it stacks up against the week before and the same week last year, and the three decisions worth making. Here's one from our demo shop, exactly as it lands.
to Alex
1Week of Oct 5
| Net sales | $7,653 | 2vs prior week -5.5% · vs last year +5.2% |
| Palm Bay | $4,866 | vs prior week -19.8% |
| Oak Bay | $2,354 | vs prior week +8.1% |
| Orders | 140 | vs prior week -28.2% · vs last year +11.2% |
| Average ticket | $54.66 | vs prior week -6% |
| Discounted | 34.1% | of gross sales |
| Gross margin | 44.5% | cost-tracked items |
| Cash in the bank | $48,215 | as of this morning |
| Bills due next 7 days | $12,480 | 9 payments |
| Sales tax to set aside | $503 | collected last 7 days |
3Three decisions this week
- Due Oct 15: quarterly sales tax return.
- Fix cost or price on 2 items selling at a loss (Larkspur Cellars Cabernet).
- Reorder: 3 items out of stock everywhere (Low Tide West Coast IPA).
4Full detail on the Command Bar, Brief.
1Ten numbers, one minute
Sales by store, orders, average ticket, discounts, margin, cash, the week's bills and the sales tax to set aside. The same ten every week, so you learn what normal looks like.
2Compared two ways
Against the week before, to catch a trend early, and against the same week last year, to see if you're actually growing.
3Three decisions, already picked
Not a dashboard to dig through. The memo names the three things worth your time this week, most urgent first.
4The detail is one click away
Your board holds everything behind each number: the store, the day and the item.
The memo puts first things first.
Every week it works down the same list and stops at three. Urgent money and deadlines always come before nice-to-haves.
Anything overdue
A bill, filing or renewal that slipped past its date.
A cash squeeze
When the week's bills and payroll add up to more than the bank holds.
Deadlines in the next two weeks
Taxes, leases, insurance and payroll first.
Items selling at a loss
When a cost went up and the price didn't follow.
Best sellers out of stock
Items gone from every location, so you reorder before the weekend.
Quiet week? The memo says so: "Nothing urgent. Good week to plan ahead."
Between Mondays, it only speaks up when it matters.
No daily report to wade through. A short heads-up lands only when something needs you.
A sample week. Some weeks you'll only get the Monday memo.
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Sample memo from Harbor Bottle Co., our demo shop, with made-up numbers.