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How pop-ups helped inform Kat the Label’s new flagship store in Melbourne

Inside Retail

The brand endeavours to buy dead-stock from larger brands, which it redesigns into its own pieces. After building traction online and through its pop-up stores, and achieving skyrocketing growth through Covid-19, Kat the Label has opened its flagship store in Cremorne, Victoria.

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The Future of Retail in the New Era of Risk

Retail Prophet

The result is slow turns, deep markdowns, write-offs, and heaps of dead stock in warehouses, much of which eventually becomes landfill. The myopic focus on low price has lead to an epidemic of markdowns and dead stock.

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Retail technology for building recession resilience

I Vend

Flawless inventory management – inventory sitting in the warehouse represents a cost to retailers; a cost that can be managed down if stock turns can be increased.

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

Inside Retail

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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How EMERGE in Color’s Design Connected Black Creatives With Luxury Consumers

Retail TouchPoints

It can’t be dead stock or something that they had for two years. Photo courtesy of EMERGE In Color. Photo courtesy of EMERGE In Color. Photo courtesy of EMERGE In Color. Photo courtesy of EMERGE In Color. Photo courtesy EMERGE In Color.

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Sustainable Fashion: Elvis & Kresse

Retail Insider

Finally it is to her credit that Wesling can make the boast that “we’ve never had any dead stock, and no sales or discounts either”. Welcome to this column within our broader sustainability section which focuses on what fashion retailing is doing to address the issues in its industry.

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The Fragrance Shop (TFS) partners with BetterCommerce to improve the customer experience

A1 Retail

This functionality was an excellent enabler for the business during Covid-19, increasing orders and satisfying delivery times, whilst selling inventory which was at risk of being written off as dead stock.

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7 Indicators You’re Managing Bad Inventory (and How to Fix It)

Retalon

You’ve heard it referred to as, overstocks, write-offs, dead-stock, excess, spoiled, expired, and unsold. Last minute markdowns that offload stock at a loss. There is constant manual intervention, this may be transferring inventory between stores or ordering new stock.

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Sustainable Supply Chains in 2022 (and Beyond)

Retalon

This allows them to: Minimize POs, logistics costs, and carbon emissions Minimize material and inventory wastage Minimize unnecessary markdowns Increase sales by ensuring higher in-stock percentage. Future retail growth and profitability depend on sustainable supply chains.