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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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Can Fast Fashion Ever Be Sustainable?

February 19, 2023 • Marcia Kaplan

Inexpensive polyester-based garments are quick to make and quicker to dispose. The environmental impact is devastating.

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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

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Charts: Global Supply Chain Trends 2022

September 28, 2022 • Adel Boukarroum

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Stagnant Sales Are Creating an Inventory Glut

September 1, 2022 • Marcia Kaplan

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Charts: Global Manufacturing Outlook 2022

August 17, 2022 • Adel Boukarroum

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Supply Chain Bottlenecks from the Trenches

June 13, 2022 • Christopher Dobroth

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Supply Chain Problems Upend the Global Economy

September 23, 2021 • Marcia Kaplan

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Getting Investors to Buy Your Inventory

July 28, 2021 • Armando Roggio

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Save Money on Inventory with EOQ

May 17, 2021 • Armando Roggio

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The Increasing Complexity of Product Returns

April 29, 2021 • Marcia Kaplan

How to Calculate and Interpret Inventory Turnover

March 18, 2020 • Armando Roggio

The Keys to Lower Inventory Costs

The Keys to Lower Inventory Costs

February 27, 2020 • Phil Masiello

3 Inventory KPIs to Drive Ecommerce Profits

3 Inventory KPIs to Drive Ecommerce Profits

February 10, 2020 • Dale Traxler

12 Ways to Lower Inventory Costs

12 Ways to Lower Inventory Costs

July 8, 2019 • Viktoria Kanevsky

My first big inventory mistake

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My first big inventory mistake

July 3, 2019 • Peter Keller

How to Calculate 'Available to Sell' Inventory

How to Calculate ‘Available to Sell’ Inventory

June 11, 2019 • Anna Kayfitz

16 Inventory Sources Fashion Merchants

16 Inventory Sources for Fashion Retailers

December 5, 2018 • Viktoria Kanevsky

Strategies for Discontinued Inventory Pages

Strategies for Discontinued Inventory Pages

May 30, 2018 • Armando Roggio

9 Tips to Manage Out-of-stock Inventory

9 Tips to Manage Out-of-stock Inventory

May 28, 2018 • Armando Roggio

9 Startups That Are Disrupting Inventory Management

9 Startups That Are Disrupting Inventory Management

November 7, 2017 • Gagan Mehra

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Deleting slow-moving inventory

March 27, 2017 • Elizabeth Hollingsworth

5 Ecommerce Inventory Spring-cleaning Tips

5 Ecommerce Inventory Spring-cleaning Tips

March 2, 2016 • Armando Roggio