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Inventory

Our inventory coverage addresses supply chain challenges, obsolete and slow-moving merchandise, forecasting, out-of-stock strategies, direct-to-consumer selling, supplier challenges, and more.

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How to Scale a Recommerce Business

December 11, 2025 • Armando Roggio

Profitable selling of used, refurbished, or overstock items requires repeatable systems.

Reshoring Is Supply Chain Flexibility

October 19, 2025 • Armando Roggio

Rah Mahtani

Alibaba.com Exec on Suppliers, Tariffs, IP

October 17, 2025 • Eric Bandholz

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Recommerce for the Holidays

October 16, 2025 • Armando Roggio

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PIM Software Is Now a Growth Tool

July 8, 2025 • Armando Roggio

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Ecommerce and the Secondhand Boom

March 23, 2025 • Armando Roggio

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How to Create Print-on-Demand Products

January 30, 2025 • Armando Roggio

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AI Resets Ecommerce Supply Chains

January 28, 2025 • Gian Maria Gramondi

Can Ecommerce Spur On-Demand Manufacturing?

November 13, 2024 • Armando Roggio

Retail Arbitrage with AliExpress, Shopify, DSers

September 22, 2024 • Armando Roggio

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Top Resale Sites from Consumer Brands

September 9, 2024 • Sig Ueland

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Poor Marketing Kills Ecommerce Dropshipping

July 8, 2024 • Armando Roggio

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Charts: U.S. Wholesale Trends Q1 2024

May 8, 2024 • Adel Boukarroum

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Charts: Investment Trends in Operations Q1 2024

May 1, 2024 • Adel Boukarroum

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4-5-4 Calendar Aids Retail Planning

March 24, 2024 • Armando Roggio

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New FBA Tool Points to Future of Inventory Management

December 24, 2023 • Armando Roggio

Josh Willard

JoshsFrogs.com Growing Leaps and Bounds

September 1, 2023 • Eric Bandholz

Mixed Success for Private Label Brands

May 15, 2023 • Marcia Kaplan

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Rising Costs Prompt New Return Policies

April 3, 2023 • Marcia Kaplan

Kevin Stecko

T-shirt Seller on Licensing, Drop-shipping, More

March 31, 2023 • Eric Bandholz

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Can Fast Fashion Ever Be Sustainable?

February 19, 2023 • Marcia Kaplan

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Disclosure Rules for Alcohol, Cannabis Sales

February 1, 2023 • Jeff Siegel

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The 5 R’s of Merchandising (for Ecommerce)

January 30, 2023 • Armando Roggio

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3 Flaws of Cost-plus Pricing

January 22, 2023 • Armando Roggio

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Is Selling Marijuana and Alcohol Online Worth It?

December 6, 2022 • Jeff Siegel

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Is Online Marijuana the Next Big Thing?

November 13, 2022 • Jeff Siegel

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5 Tips for after-Christmas Promotions

November 6, 2022 • Armando Roggio

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Alcohol Selling Online Is Complicated

October 11, 2022 • Jeff Siegel