Text 9295, 51 rader
Skriven 2014-01-29 23:28:24 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
   Kommentar till text 9200 av Dave Drum (1:18/200.0)
Ärende: Re: Tracking Sales
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-=> Quoting Dave Drum to Nancy Backus on 26 Jan 14  06:57:08 <=-

 NB>>> Of course, more bought at the store probably means more
 NB>>> available at the store more likely than not...  :>
 ML>> I am not under the illusion that our purchases would have any
 ML>> significant effect on the store's stocking patterns.
 NB>> They claim that their computer tracks sales, and that future buying
 NB>> is based on that... or at least someone has made that claim... ;)
 NB>> So a single person's purchase might not have a lot of effect, but it
 NB>> would weigh into it...  :)

 DD> It's not just a claim. Grocery stores bigger than Mom & Pop operations
 DD> have to do it - their profit margins depend on how many stock "turns" 
 DD> they get. If something is not moving off the shelves at a profitable 
 DD> pace it is soon in the remainder bin and not re-ordered. 

The sad thing about that, though, is that sometimes something doesn't
get reordered when it should, and then, since it isn't on the shelf, the
computer just thinks it isn't being bought, as opposed to can't be
bought... and then it's done away with, too...  I've been known to buy
some products that I'm interested in having available when I need them,
even when I don't really need it yet, just to encourage the store to
keep stocking it and having it there...  Although, I do still have some
doubts as to the real effectiveness of just my little purchases...  :) 

 DD> It works much the same at Auto Zone (first hand knowledge here) we
 DD> stock in our store a lot of product for a lot of cars. If the product(s)
 DD> aren't moving at a pace to justify having them at hand for the casual
 DD> "off the street" customer they are recalled to a central warehouse for
 DD> "special order". 

That's about how I thought it worked... :)

 DD> We used to have another parts place (Car Quest) where we would do 
 DD> "outside buys" to satisfy out commercial accounts (garages and
 DD> mechanic shops) for obsolete parts. They kept an amazing array of old,
 DD> dusty (literally) parts on their shelves. But, they got bought up by
 DD> Advance Auto Parts and brought, kicking and screaming, under the
 DD> Advance computerised inventory system. And the mechanics who used to
 DD> use us or Advance for their parts for older cars - and the ones who
 DD> went direct to Car Quest are pretty much hosed ... or forced to deal
 DD> over the interweb or mail-order.

Sigh...  I've seen some of those stores around here.... didn't know that
they were part of Advance Auto now...

ttyl        neb

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