- Underwear - 4 Updates
| Nyssa <Nyssa@flawlesslogic.com>: Jan 03 10:25AM -0500 The Real Bev wrote: > to wonder why they don't just order more of the smaller > sizes. > Yet another reason to shop on line. I had a chat with a very nice sales associate at a Roses store (discount department store chain mostly in the SE US), and she told me that the problem is that the individual stores can't place orders for specific sizes or styles. All ordering is done at the corporate office, so the stores get stuck with fewer items in the popular sizes and styles and an overload of the larger sizes or styles that aren't as popular. It makes it very frustrating for the sales staff when they can't just go into the back room and pull out extras when the racks run out of certain sizes or styles and can't order more from the suppliers or even through corporate. Other discount-type stores such as WM or Costco may have similar problems with central ordering that bypasses the local stores and their input. Sounds like a bad way to run things, but it seems to work for some of these chains to the frustration of their would-be customers. Nyssa, who will buy a package of underwear or socks if she sees her size and preferred style at a reasonable price then stockpile it for later when needed because when she needs it, the stores probably won't have want she wants |
| The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>: Jan 03 08:57AM -0800 On 01/03/2019 07:25 AM, Nyssa wrote: > sees her size and preferred style at a reasonable price then > stockpile it for later when needed because when she needs it, > the stores probably won't have want she wants You'd think that with computerized inventory management, JIT crap, etc. that everybody would be able to coordinate how much of what sizes to buy. Not everyone who shops at Walmart is a whale, why not change the proportions? It's not like they're a mom&pop store in East Podunk, Iowa or anything... The local Ralph's supermarket almost always has yesterday's hot dog buns on the day-old-bakery table. For years. You'd think they could figure it out... -- Cheers, Bev "Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped." -- Elbert Hubbard, American author |
| Nyssa <Nyssa@flawlesslogic.com>: Jan 03 05:37PM -0500 The Real Bev wrote: > yesterday's hot dog buns > on the day-old-bakery table. For years. You'd think they > could figure it out... I'll make a wild guess that some of the discounts these store chains get depend heavily on their vendors being able to dump a lot of the whale-sized merchandise as part of the bundle. The more of the lot sized for whales, the larger the discount. So the rest of their non-whale-sized customers have to suffer with empty racks unless they're lucky enough to get there when the shipment is first put on display. A big discounted price doesn't motivate me to make a purchase when the items aren't in a size I can use. I wonder how many customers these stores are losing to their competition because they either go for the odd lots or don't avail themselves of a more customer-oriented re-ordering system that actually takes into account what sells? Nyssa, who would think that re-ordering the merchandise that actually sells would be part of Retail Management 101 |
| The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>: Jan 03 03:26PM -0800 On 01/03/2019 02:37 PM, Nyssa wrote: > able to dump a lot of the whale-sized merchandise as part > of the bundle. The more of the lot sized for whales, the > larger the discount. BUT the Chinese factories will make whatever is wanted in whatever quantity and quality is wanted. Walmart seems to control a lot of markets, so they can specify whatever they want. Why do they want extra whale sizes and no normal sizes? BUT their cheap women's L/XL slippers aren't large enough for my 8.5-9W feet :-( > So the rest of their non-whale-sized customers have to suffer > with empty racks unless they're lucky enough to get there when > the shipment is first put on display. I'll buy sweat-garments by mail, or duplicates of things that I know will fit, but not shoes. When I wanted nice shoes for my daughter's wedding I tried on every suitable shoe in the wide-shoe store and found ONE acceptable pair, which I took off during the reception because they hurt too much. All I wear now are men's running shoes :-( Long ago a friend found a shoe store in Florida that catered to cross-dressing men; if it had been local I would certainly have given it a shot! > competition because they either go for the odd lots or don't > avail themselves of a more customer-oriented re-ordering > system that actually takes into account what sells? Price rules, so probably not many. People who buy underwear at Walmart probably don't go to Neiman-Marcus to find a better size :-( > Nyssa, who would think that re-ordering the merchandise that > actually sells would be part of Retail Management 101 Education ain't want it used to be. -- Cheers, Bev "Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped." -- Elbert Hubbard, American author |
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