Are you crazy? They would rather throw it down the dumpster than mark it down.

Maybe we can have a Christmas in July sale.We use to do that.

This goes back to that dam five week no item movement report we have to do every Mon.....just came out of inventory ..so we know we have on hands..but it is not moving ?? Why ...they ask ? Not much chance of selling a red tie with pola bears on it after Jan ......I'm with you ..if they would have a dollar on a item..it may sell.....sure isn't gonna sell boxed up in the back ..I refuse to let it take up my shelf space..I box and bin it ..When we do get mark down money the store manager decides what we can use it on ..

Oh boy this refrain is familiar.

When I worked there were a couple of dept mgrs that got to use the mk down first

then the rest might get some.

I was responsible for the clearance section for a while and yep too much went to the dumpster.

Don't make sense.

Yeah..that promises to be a problem..so far we are not using the new program.....but they have said it is coming...Clearance is a big problem in apparal ..if it is rack...then you are ok ...but the shelf and pegs are another story ...no whwere to go with it ..

we have stuff in jewelry that's been there for three years. Yes three years. It's so hard to get mark down money we finally just gave up asking for it.  Eventually the plastic costume crap breaks(because customers either handle it too much ) and then we can claim it out. How stupid is that?

and while Im venting LOL  we get mod after mod of new plastic hideous costume junk that will NOT sell and we have NO ROOM for.  They wont give us space, yet want it out! How does that work realistically?   Kinda a catch 22 huh? 

Here we go again..with the clearance and no where to go with it ..Market Team came in and scanned the store and bins..Paged me to the bins..,,she tells me ....you have clearance and NOM ...in your bin...well no shit sherlock....I know that ...what would you have me to do with it ?? She tells me to find a home for it ....Now mind you I have pushed pulled and shoved to get all the BTS in....I take it to the clearance isle and beg for space there..no deal ....finally I go to the CO after  all the fuss...he tells me ..put it back in the bins..,..I did and wrote on the box...per Co(his name).

We have a lot of stuff like that in the toy department. Thankfully with Christmas toys coming in and setting up a new floor mod, we are marking a lot of stuff down, however the bins are over filled with stuff from when our super walmart was built 4 years ago. We could really use the extra room and the customers could really use the sales. I totally see what you are saying and agree 100%

 

~ALF~

You wouldn't believe all the clearance we have hanging in the back and inventory is less then three weeks away. I was told to put it in a centrl location, inventory prep it and don't worry about it.