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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 62d ago in Cairo

In the till

$4,819.97

+$1,337.44 net, last four days

The line$500.00

2 lenders
Drawn
$291.00
Room to draw
$209.00
Lent
$500.00
Sold, all time
$3,460.92
66 sales
Spent, all time
$574.06
11 costs
Interest owed
$0.000505
11% a year, ticking
Paid to lenders
$0.14
first, out of every sale

An example till: every seat is open. Last sale 8m ago, $11.65.

Nadia’s needle, the tape66 sales
  1. hem and take in11.65
  2. loan, last 5 sales−17.65
  3. a suit, fitted73.26
  4. hem and take in11.53
  5. a dress, made67.85
  6. hem and take in12.03
  7. Drawfrom the line+287.07
  8. hem and take in11.88
  9. loan, last 5 sales−27.14
  10. hem and take in9.16
  11. a suit, fitted89.97
  12. hem and take in12.89
  13. a dress, made75.48
  14. Costmachine service−30.00
  15. Costfabric, Wekala−106.33
  16. a dress, made83.81
  17. loan, last 5 sales−28.22
  18. a suit, fitted110.44
  19. a suit, fitted68.13
  20. Costmachine service−139.48
  21. hem and take in10.95
  22. hem and take in13.16
  23. a suit, fitted79.64
  24. loan, last 5 sales−31.64
  25. a dress, made85.87
  26. a dress, made52.94
  27. a suit, fitted92.22
  28. a dress, made75.30
  29. hem and take in10.12
  30. loan, last 5 sales−19.56
  31. a suit, fitted85.03

The line, worked out

  1. 35% of the till, $4,819.97$1,686.99
  2. + what it netted, four days$1,337.44
  3. = what the books support$3,024.43
  4. held at what was lent$500.00
  5. The line$500.00
  6. − drawn$291.00
  7. Room to draw$209.00

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

Who lent

  • Mona$300+$0.09
  • Youssef$200+$0.06

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.