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How Retailers can Combat Inventory Shrinkage with Drone-Powered Warehouse Monitoring

Retail TouchPoints

There’s been a lot of talk recently about retailers reporting lower-than-expected earnings due to inventory shrinkage. According to the Corporate Finance Institute , “Inventory shrinkage occurs when the number of products in stock are fewer than those recorded on the inventory list. days, and one doubled its sales in one year.

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5G in Retail: Creating the WOW factor

Retail TouchPoints

5G can also connect mobile point-of-sale (POS) terminals , self-service kiosks, scan-and-go checkouts and other forms of frictionless shopping with ease. 5G can reduce wasted time and prevent inventory shrinkage, providing retailers with cost savings. 5G provides an alternate method to keep the store connected at all times.

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Avoiding Stockouts: 5 Preventable Causes of Out-of-Stocks and What to Do About Them

Retail Times

It’s best to use a point-of-sale or inventory system that automatically modifies inventory levels as you ring up sales, so you won’t have to worry about manually updating your database. For more information on how to reduce shrinkage, see our previous post on beefing up security and preventing loss in your store.

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Loss Prevention & Fraud Detection in Retail

Cisco Retail

Shrinkage means the retailer has less physical inventory than their system reflects. There are other downstream implications to inaccurate inventory, like out-of-stocks, or “outs,” which can prevent retailers from fulfilling online orders or meeting in-store customer demand. Addressing Areas of Shrink at the Point-of-Sale (POS).