24/08/2026
Most stock by instinct: order what sold well last time, keep a buffer "just in case," restock on a schedule instead of actual demand.
Cash sitting dead on shelves in slow stock, while your fast movers run out at the worst possible time. Both mistakes bleed money, just quietly enough that most retailers never clock it.
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→ Track your top 10-15 movers weekly, not monthly
→ Order to match real demand, not last year's guess
→ Clear dead stock every quarter, even at a discount, tied-up cash is worse than a smaller margin
And when the timing's off, a bulk order or seasonal restock needs to happen before the cash from current sales catches up, that's just business. And it's exactly the gap our fast funding was built to close.
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