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Is The Stock-Up Era Over?

By on November 24, 2010 in Featured

The days of consumers stocking up on large quantities of food regularly and buying clothes seasons in advance seem to be long gone, so says The Wall Street Journal.

Retailers are altering their manufacturing and merchandising strategies in response, The Wall Street Journal reports today.

“Apparel makers and retailers…are changing their production and selling schedules for shoppers who increasingly want to buy their clothes in season,” the paper reports.

At the same time, club stores like Costco and BJ’s have been unveiling smaller unit sizes to increase frequency of consumer visits. “The concept that club stores are only for stock-up visit—I don’t think that’s true anymore,” a BJ’s exec told the paper.

If this consumer trend continues, they can’t be.

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  • http://www.firstfound-blog.co.uk/ Andy @ FirstFound

    Stocking up’s a large short-term outlay for limited long-term benefits. With everyone watching their outgoings, it’s no wonder it’s on the decline.

  • http://wahm.business-opportunities.biz Angela Shupe

    For the truly budget conscious, I doubt this trend will ever stop. My own family loves to stock up. It is especially important to do so when items are on sale. How many people can say they clothed their kid on $20? Yet, my daughter has a ton of light summer dresses for next year that cost $1 each, down from the $8 or more they original cost. We do it on food by checking sales and using coupons as well.

    Stocking up, especially when items are marked down, will never go out of style. It just depends on how much the shopper really cares about saving money in the first place.

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