Subj : Re: Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!
To   : hollowone
From : Spectre
Date : Tue Nov 28 2023 11:44 am

 Sp> Not sure what smaller stores are meant to do with whatever they have.

 ho> What I meant is that small shops, run by individuals not networks may not
 ho> have access to best deals, and best deals may include more arguments for
 ho> more efficient return policy.

This wasn't any kind of indictment. I've never worked that kind of retail so
I have no idea how it might work.  But I can't see any supplier wanting to
take stock back.. In the paint business, even if the suppliers discontinue
some obscure base they won't take them back or give you a credit for them.
Of course they want you to buy in anything new at full boar.

The only passing information I have is that larger organisations used to at
least, order months out from the season, hope they picked the right stuff,
and warehoused their own stock... and shuffle stuff to wherever it sold best
and ultimately flogging the rest off end of season.

 ho> than selling at loss.. I claimed that many small scale shops had to sell
 ho> to empty storage for new season and sometimes it's losing less than
 ho> keeping the store occupied by unsold and unsellable items.

Granted.. You'd have to hope that they manage to sell enough to cover costs
at full price early on.  So that while the per unit sale price may either
break even or go negative, that they are still effectively making profit over
the entire supply.


Spec


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