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Nadia’s till

Nadia’s needle

Alterations and made-to-measure. Wedding season is the season.

  • 11.0% a year to lenders, on what is drawn
  • 10% of each sale repays the loan
  • about $1,180 a day
  • opened 78d ago in Cairo

In the till

$4,845.00

+$1,548.49 net, last four days

The line$500.00

2 lenders
Drawn
$293.75
Room to draw
$206.25
Lent
$500.00
Sold, all time
$3,420.32
63 sales
Spent, all time
$512.76
9 costs
Interest owed
$0.001461
11% a year, ticking
Paid to lenders
$0.17
first, out of every sale

An example till: every seat is open. Last sale 24m ago, $87.32.

Nadia’s needle, the tape63 sales
  1. a suit, fitted87.32
  2. Costfabric, Wekala−15.96
  3. hem and take in12.50
  4. hem and take in9.94
  5. loan, last 5 sales−29.35
  6. a dress, made47.97
  7. Costthread, zips−105.98
  8. Costmachine service−79.56
  9. Drawfrom the line+285.73
  10. a suit, fitted98.51
  11. a dress, made63.49
  12. hem and take in8.74
  13. a suit, fitted74.84
  14. loan, last 5 sales−35.58
  15. a dress, made82.12
  16. hem and take in9.34
  17. a dress, made87.69
  18. a suit, fitted90.84
  19. Costfabric, Wekala−17.92
  20. a suit, fitted85.93
  21. loan, last 5 sales−33.09
  22. a suit, fitted111.72
  23. hem and take in10.80
  24. a dress, made87.55
  25. Costmachine service−123.57
  26. a suit, fitted110.32
  27. hem and take in10.58
  28. loan, last 5 sales−29.64
  29. a suit, fitted82.70
  30. a suit, fitted79.75

The line, worked out

  1. 35% of the till, $4,845.00$1,695.75
  2. + what it netted, four days$1,548.49
  3. = what the books support$3,244.24
  4. held at what was lent$500.00
  5. The line$500.00
  6. − drawn$293.75
  7. Room to draw$206.25

The line, the last hour: steady, held at what was lent

Who lent

  • Mona$300+$0.10
  • Youssef$200+$0.07

Interest is paid out of each sale before anything else, in proportion to what each lender put in. What is not drawn can be taken back any time.