Returns
You follow one footwear style through a twelve-week autumn. A return rate read half its real size because the returns had not arrived yet. You cost a returned pair to the penny through inspection and disposition. And you see a style that ended the phase with plenty of stock and nothing to sell in thirty-six shops.
Published by Merchandising Academy · First lesson free to read
Course value
What will you be able to do?
Work outcome
You can allocate an intake across stores on evidence rather than an even split, tell the difference between the stock your system claims and the stock that exists, and plan for returns as a cost you priced in.
Who it is for
Brand and buying-office teams.
What you will produce
You build a complete returns control for one style. You reconcile gross sales, returns received, and stock in units on a twelve-week grid. You build a cohort return rate that does not move under you. You keep a disposition ledger with the break-even resale price derived from cost and processing. You run a size-level return-rate study that rebuilds the buying curve. And you run a broken-size-run test that reads cover on the sizes a door still has.
Learning format
3 lessons · 0 templates · workplace calculations and decisions.