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Management tips for Moroccan shops

Short articles, written to be useful with or without software: receivables, stock, cash and invoicing.

A counter at opening time: notebook, phone and a glass of tea

Discover Gestio for day-to-day stock tracking and connect every movement with sales, purchases and the till.

A seller's hands slipping folded banknotes into a canvas pouch on a desk in a Moroccan depot office at the end of the day, a phone lying beside it.
Finance4 min read

How to control the cash your sellers collect

What each seller has collected, handed in and still owes you: the three figures to track, how to handle a shortfall, and how to set the rule without offence.

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The counter of a wholesale depot with an open credit notebook, a small bundle of cheques and a calculator, stacked cardboard cases in the background.
Finance4 min read

Customer credit: the rules for a wholesaler

In wholesale, credit drives sales and can also sink a depot. Per-customer limits, post-dated cheques, bounced cheques: the rules for keeping credit in hand.

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A delivery van with its rear doors open, loaded with cardboard cases in front of a depot, in the bluish light of early morning.
Management4 min read

Delivery rounds and pre-selling for distributors

Pre-orders, loading sheets, partial deliveries: how a distributor can organise delivery rounds so the van leaves with exactly what was ordered, nothing more.

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Three salespeople seen from behind at a depot counter early in the morning, while the owner talks to them holding a notebook.
Management4 min read

Setting a sales target for each salesperson

A company-wide target tells nobody what to do. How to set a realistic target for each salesperson, track it during the month and talk it through.

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Office of a wholesale depot: hands sorting a pile of paper documents on a wooden desk, with stacked cardboard cases in the background.
Management5 min read

Quote, order, delivery note: the wholesale flow

Quote, sales order, delivery note, invoice: what each document says, when stock really goes down, and how to handle a partial delivery.

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Desk in a Moroccan shop with a printed invoice, a company stamp and a binder of administrative papers next to a laptop.
Finance7 min read

Morocco ICE number: find it, get it, use it right

The ICE is a 15-digit number that identifies your business to every Moroccan administration. Where to find it, how to get the certificate, and where it must appear.

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A Moroccan wholesaler's office: a pile of invoices, a calculator and an open notebook on a wooden counter, with cartons of goods in the background.
Finance10 min read

VAT in Morocco 2026: rates, calculation and withholding

Since 2026 only two VAT rates remain: 20% and 10%. Excl./incl. tax calculation with examples in DH, the invoice, the return and VAT withholding.

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The office of a wholesale depot with a pile of invoices, a wall calendar and an open binder, cardboard cases of goods in the background.
Finance8 min read

Payment terms in Morocco: law 69-21 explained

60 days by default, 120 days at most, a fine paid to the Treasury and a return filed with the DGI: what law 69-21 changes for Moroccan traders.

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A Moroccan trader in his depot, holding a bundle of paper invoices, next to a closed laptop on a wooden desk.
Management7 min read

E-invoicing in Morocco: where do things stand?

What the law says, what the DGI has announced, what is not yet published — and what you can prepare on your invoices starting today.

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Shelves of a Moroccan shop filled with cardboard cases and products, with a counter in the foreground.
Stock6 min read

Best stock management software in Morocco

Six solutions compared on what really decides: real price, Arabic, offline use and scope. Including ours, and where it loses.

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Shelves of a small neighbourhood grocery seen from the shopkeeper's side of the counter, packed with tins, packets and bottles.
Stock3 min read

Grocery stock: start with twenty products

A grocery carries hundreds of products and nobody can count them all. Here is how to track only twenty of them, and why those are the ones that matter.

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A half-empty shop shelf with a visible gap where a product is missing.
Stock3 min read

Reorder thresholds: ordering before you hit zero

A stockout costs more than the day's sale. Here is how to work out the level at which to reorder, using two numbers you already have.

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A shop counter at closing time: a calculator, a stack of receipts and a half-open cash drawer in late-afternoon light.
Finance3 min read

Margin or markup: what you actually earn on a sale

"I make 30%" means two different things depending on whether you divide by the cost or by the selling price. The gap is measurable, and wider than most people expect.

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Two people talking across a shop counter, seen from behind, with a phone and a notebook on the counter between them.
Finance3 min read

Chasing a debt without losing the customer

Most shopkeepers avoid chasing, for fear of offending a regular. Here is the order of reminders that recovers the money and keeps the relationship.

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Interior of a Moroccan hardware shop, walls of small drawers and bins holding screws, fittings and electrical parts, with a wooden counter in front.
Stock3 min read

Case and unit: without breaking your stock

Buying a box of 100 and selling screws one at a time breaks most counting methods. Here is how to set the conversion factor once and for all.

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A wholesale depot with pallets of stacked cardboard cases and a wide central aisle, lit by daylight from roof windows.
Management3 min read

Wholesale depots: location before quantity

In a depot, knowing there are thirty cases left is useless if nobody knows where they are. Here are the three things a wholesaler must keep before anything else.

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An open paper credit notebook on the wooden counter of a small grocery, a phone lying beside it.
Finance2 min read

Customer debt: know who owes you what

Most shopkeepers know the total owed to them, but not the breakdown per customer or how old it is. Here is how to take back control — notebook included.

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