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What is Inventory Turnover in Retail? (Formulas, Benchmarks, Examples)

Retalon

One of the key inventory metrics retailers track is inventory turnover. Inventory turnover measures how many times a company sells and replaces its inventory during a period. It indicates how efficiently inventory is managed and whether excess inventory is tying up too much capital.

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How China’s Missfresh Makes Rapid Grocery Delivery Pay

Retail TouchPoints

The profit margin at grocery has always been razor-thin, and now, with online grocery growing in popularity, retailers must add the costs of picking individual orders and doorstep delivery to their already tight balance sheets. Especially after COVID people are quite used to staying at home and shopping for groceries online,” said Chen.

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How the Supply Chain Disruption Is Sparking Holiday Risk & Resilience

Rangeme

Unanimously, they said supply chain disruption will affect the upcoming holiday season “significantly or somewhat” and it will last at least through 2022. Retail workers are quitting at record rates for higher-paying work: ‘My life isn’t worth a dead-end job.’ What’s Keeping Your Grocery CEO Up at Night. Retail Dive.