Tonight, one of our projects was to empty out one side of a gondola that had leftover school supplies in it yet, fill what we could to the salesfloor, and then backstock the rest.
This took just about the entire night to do, because there was a ton of school supplies still in there. We had to empty out whole sections in backstock to put all the school supllies, making other sections look like a mess.
Just for a laugh, I checked out our on-hands on some stuff and compared them to other stores. The results:
24-count Crayola crayons: 3,202 on hand. Other stores generally had less than 1500 on hand.
2-pocket portfolios (the cheap kind that sell for a nickel each): 8,994 on hand. Other stores had 5,000 or less.
Elmer's glue: over 700 on hand. Other stores had 350 or less
10-count Crayola markers: over 350 on hand. Other stores had 100 or less, some were completely out.
And of course, all of this crap has to sit in the backroom until next year, when we'll just get a bunch more of the same stuff in anyway. Either our BTS sales went in the tank this year, or the buyers went nuts. I suspect the latter because we were very busy during BTS.
I propose a new law: if buyers buy more merchandise than the stores can sell, then the buyer has to store the excess merchandise that didn't sell at his or her house.
This took just about the entire night to do, because there was a ton of school supplies still in there. We had to empty out whole sections in backstock to put all the school supllies, making other sections look like a mess.
Just for a laugh, I checked out our on-hands on some stuff and compared them to other stores. The results:
24-count Crayola crayons: 3,202 on hand. Other stores generally had less than 1500 on hand.
2-pocket portfolios (the cheap kind that sell for a nickel each): 8,994 on hand. Other stores had 5,000 or less.
Elmer's glue: over 700 on hand. Other stores had 350 or less
10-count Crayola markers: over 350 on hand. Other stores had 100 or less, some were completely out.
And of course, all of this crap has to sit in the backroom until next year, when we'll just get a bunch more of the same stuff in anyway. Either our BTS sales went in the tank this year, or the buyers went nuts. I suspect the latter because we were very busy during BTS.
I propose a new law: if buyers buy more merchandise than the stores can sell, then the buyer has to store the excess merchandise that didn't sell at his or her house.
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