Article: Batteries = Bucks.

By Gary Roskin, G.G. FGA, Contributing Editor

Watch batteries can help keep your business ticking.

Think there's no money in watch batteries? Wal-Mart Supercenters changed 18 million batteries last year, sources say. At a wholesale cost of roughly 40 cents apiece, charging $4.24 retail for each battery delivers a gross profit of $69 million.

"There's definitely money to be made in watch batteries," says Henry Kessler, president and owner of Sy Kessler Sales in Dallas, the North American headquarters for Renata Batteries, Itingen, Switzerland. "Good-quality watch batteries cost on average about 50 cents each. Jewelers typically charge $10 or more ...

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