Archive for December, 2008

Saturday, December 6th, 2008

A Retailer’s Guide to the Recession

Everywhere you look today you see retailers scrambling to turn excess
inventory into cash through heavy markdowns.  The definition of a  recession
is where there is an excess of capacity, inventory and labor in the
marketplace.  The danger for retailers, as it is with other businesses, is
slashing inventory, staff, marketing etc. without a plan. That uncontrolled
strategy will leave […]

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