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Small retail businesses are under threat. Here’s how they can prosper

Inside Retail

“For example, around 25 per cent of retail businesses are out of stock of their top-selling items for at least 30 to 40 per cent of the time. The other issue is that typically, around 20 per cent of all inventory on the shop floor is dead. Our software helps them resolve that. Can you expand on the website idea there?

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Behind the evolution of 107-year-old Japanese eyewear brand Tanaka Optical

Inside Retail

What inspired us to be more accountable for sustainability is from the core of our business, that is based on the traditional format of the optical retail business rather than the fast-fashion optical business format. Thus, we don’t need to rely on mass production of trend-led products and excessive dead stocks after the trend is over.

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Retail Assortment Strategies: What Are They & How Do They Work?

Wiser

Too wide and you’ll end up with leftover dead stock. Successful retail assortment strategies will take many different factors into account, such as customer base, location, store capacity, etc. This way you can rely on regular purchases with little worry of retaining dead stock.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 273 – Amazon FBA Roll-ups with Alex Kopco of Forum Brands

Retail Geek

For extra holding costs or Miss sales but it’s also advertising its also customer experience it’s also, bundles which also fall out of stock if a component is out of stock and so the blast radius is wider but we have a way to tie that all together and be able to make smarter economic decisions based on that.

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Sustainable Supply Chains in 2022 (and Beyond)

Retalon

This was possible because: Talented labor in other countries was cheaper than domestic workers Overseas factories began producing high-quality products at lower prices Consumers wanted goods to be equally attainable for all financial classes Increased margins allowed retailers to stock more inventory and carry larger assortments.

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[Webinar] Increasing Your Share of Shelf with Suggestive Selling

Wiser

So, it’s about making that information as brain-dead simple and readily available for everyone from, you know, field sales reps walking into the store to key count managers during category reviews. You know, top, middle, bottom, eye level, missing tags, appropriate stock level, etc. How Does It Work?

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The Future of Retail in the New Era of Risk

Retail Prophet

Most companies today, according to Thorbeck, are accounting only for the front-end advantage that low cost might afford them. The result is slow turns, deep markdowns, write-offs, and heaps of dead stock in warehouses, much of which eventually becomes landfill. Risks, he says, that make businesses far less competitive.