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. [...]

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