However, these doses are not the usual dose that a woman is exposed to when dying her hair, so it's hard to determine what this data means for a pregnant woman. She also revealed that there have been limited human studies that suggest a link to childhood cancer in children born to mothers who used hair dye while pregnant.
Another way to think about it, is the net sales amount is the amount of money that the company actually made before cost of goods sold and expenses. Returns and discounts are immediately subtracted, which gives a clearer view of how much money the company actually brought in.
Gross sales are the grand total of all sale transactions reported in a period, without any deductions included within the figure. Net sales are defined as gross sales minus the following three deductions: 1  Sales allowances. 2  A reduction in the price paid by a customer, due to minor product defects. 3  The seller grants a sales allowance after the buyer has purchased the items in question.