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Post by Halloween King on Dec 31, 2011 0:17:44 GMT -5
How are the stores looking in your area after Xmas? Mostly im referring to toy stores.
I walked into a few toys r us that look like the store is about to close. Almost everything was purchased and the shelves are light. This happens every year though.
I was amazed to see the walking dead figs all gone. Those seemed soo expensive to me I didnt think they would sell. And yet they are all gone.
And then I found a cool as can be figure. A Grand Pa Munster figure. It looked soo cool. It looked like it had great articulation and came with a chemistry table and a few bottles with liquids in them. I really wanted to pick it up but the carding was damaged and some peices were missing. I cant believe I missed this line of toys. When I asked if they had more the guy just laughed and said "it's all gone, what you see is what's left".
And Surprise surprise surprise, I've seen Jakks figures on clearance. Who would want a pirates of the caribean figure? I cant picture those being very popular, and yet Jakks dove head first at the opportunity. As well as those lame Spy gear toys, all red clearance price.
I have yet to see the real steal toys go on clearance but those things have been warming the shelves since they were released. So I know its only a matter of time.
And then I walked into a Marshalls. Toy isle was wiped clean. It made me flinch in disgust that it is Dec 30th and they were jamming Xmas music still. I know some of you like it but god do I hate it. It isnt enough that Nov 1st they start with Xmas music, now it lasts this long? Isnt Xmas 1 day? And yet it seems like a 4 month affair now.
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Post by thehardys4life on Dec 31, 2011 0:40:36 GMT -5
Maybe fans of the pirates of the caribean would buy the figures....
JUST MAYBE.....
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Post by Scotty on Dec 31, 2011 1:02:56 GMT -5
they make real steel toys :lO
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Post by Cammi Oh on Dec 31, 2011 8:24:57 GMT -5
Yeah, after Christmas, stuff that you never thought would sell, is gone. Our TRU is empty (not just wrestling figures) the whole store is light and sad.
Hopefully, new stock comes in soon!
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Post by ~*Young $ Money*~ on Dec 31, 2011 15:18:05 GMT -5
I haven't really been out this week. I might check either Monday or Tuesday and see what its like
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Post by HHH316 on Dec 31, 2011 17:43:56 GMT -5
Years ago when I was working for KB, after Christmas we would only receive inventory once every 7-10 days, & they were small deliveries. People aren't spending nearly as much money so retailers take their time restocking their inventories. Usually by mid-February things start looking back to normal.
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Post by Halloween King on Dec 31, 2011 18:09:06 GMT -5
Years ago when I was working for KB, after Christmas we would only receive inventory once every 7-10 days, & they were small deliveries. People aren't spending nearly as much money so retailers take their time restocking their inventories. Usually by mid-February things start looking back to normal. This has always been what I've thought. And yet it conflicts with what I feel. As a child I would usually get money from certain aunts/uncles. And I would always want toys. So I would go to the store and find nothing. And it wasnt until a few months later that toys I wanted would finally be back in stock. It just seems so goofy and backwards to me. I worked at a grocery store. ThanksGiving would come around and people would spend lots of money on grocerys. To the point where certain items would go out of stock. I can never recall a year in which we would wait a week or two before we reordered something. We would usually order that same day or the following day at the latest. The point being that the shelves are never supposed to be empty. I would think toy stores should follow that same rule, never let the shelves get empty. Much less stay empty. I just dont get it. I know people get gift cards, so why not restock right away? I mean why let those shelves stay empty like that? Do toy stores not have to pay rent after Xmas until March/Feb? Why not hurry and rush to restock? Sometimes I would like to work at a TRU just to understand what goes on in there. I dont get why every year after Xmas it seems like they might go out of business. Lol, I always think management is somewhere in a back room counting money from sales. like they wont reorder until they are sure that they made some profit from the Xmas season. I would hurry to restock my store if I was a store manager. Especially after the giant crowds of people I've seen at the stores these past few days. IDK, it seems to me like there are more people in stores now than there were before Xmas. |
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Post by fallbrawl on Dec 31, 2011 18:09:47 GMT -5
I have been to 3 Kmarts with one week and there is never anyone in the toy section. The figure selection is low.
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Post by brettdude211 on Jan 3, 2012 15:58:33 GMT -5
same here, when i get gift cards i want to go get new figures asap
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Post by T R W on Jan 3, 2012 16:23:41 GMT -5
Well they already have the money from gift card sales, so they have no reason to hurry.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2012 16:38:08 GMT -5
Just Cena's
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Post by Ultimate Figure Collector on Jan 3, 2012 16:38:33 GMT -5
I find it quite laughable that you are comparing a grocery store to toy stores lol. People need to eat. The grocery stores are packed all year long. Clothes stores usually always run after Christmas sales to make some room for their 2012 stock.
Toy stores are in no rush. Yes people have gift cards but gift cards last awhile. Stores know the average kid gets impatient and ends up buying something with his gift card that he wouldn't normally buy which helps the store push the old stock.
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Post by Halloween King on Jan 4, 2012 10:06:33 GMT -5
I find it quite laughable that you are comparing a grocery store to toy stores lol. People need to eat. The grocery stores are packed all year long. Clothes stores usually always run after Christmas sales to make some room for their 2012 stock. Toy stores are in no rush. Yes people have gift cards but gift cards last awhile. Stores know the average kid gets impatient and ends up buying something with his gift card that he wouldn't normally buy which helps the store push the old stock. Im glad I made you laugh. Yes I do compare the two. Because both have to pay a lease. Both have to pay utlities. Both have to pay employees. They are both public businessesezeszes. So I would think that empty shelves in a toy store = no sales = losses. I never thought about what TRW said, they already have your money so why hurry to restock............... thats pretty crummby on there part if thats the way they think. |
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Post by Ultimate Figure Collector on Jan 4, 2012 21:24:26 GMT -5
I find it quite laughable that you are comparing a grocery store to toy stores lol. People need to eat. The grocery stores are packed all year long. Clothes stores usually always run after Christmas sales to make some room for their 2012 stock. Toy stores are in no rush. Yes people have gift cards but gift cards last awhile. Stores know the average kid gets impatient and ends up buying something with his gift card that he wouldn't normally buy which helps the store push the old stock. Im glad I made you laugh. Yes I do compare the two. Because both have to pay a lease. Both have to pay utlities. Both have to pay employees. They are both public businessesezeszes. So I would think that empty shelves in a toy store = no sales = losses. I never thought about what TRW said, they already have your money so why hurry to restock............... thats pretty crummby on there part if thats the way they think. You do realize that toy stores make a killing at Christmas don't you? They make more than enough to pay their rent. The toy stroes in gift cards alone probably make enough to make up for not stocking the shelves in January. They already have your money once you have a gift card and as I pointed out, kids and a lot of adults on WF even are impatient and will buy something that they don't need just because they have a gift card. |
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Post by HHH316 on Jan 4, 2012 22:51:08 GMT -5
Years ago when I was working for KB, after Christmas we would only receive inventory once every 7-10 days, & they were small deliveries. People aren't spending nearly as much money so retailers take their time restocking their inventories. Usually by mid-February things start looking back to normal. This has always been what I've thought. And yet it conflicts with what I feel. As a child I would usually get money from certain aunts/uncles. And I would always want toys. So I would go to the store and find nothing. And it wasnt until a few months later that toys I wanted would finally be back in stock. It just seems so goofy and backwards to me. I worked at a grocery store. ThanksGiving would come around and people would spend lots of money on grocerys. To the point where certain items would go out of stock. I can never recall a year in which we would wait a week or two before we reordered something. We would usually order that same day or the following day at the latest. The point being that the shelves are never supposed to be empty. I would think toy stores should follow that same rule, never let the shelves get empty. Much less stay empty. I just dont get it. I know people get gift cards, so why not restock right away? I mean why let those shelves stay empty like that? Do toy stores not have to pay rent after Xmas until March/Feb? Why not hurry and rush to restock? Sometimes I would like to work at a TRU just to understand what goes on in there. I dont get why every year after Xmas it seems like they might go out of business. Lol, I always think management is somewhere in a back room counting money from sales. like they wont reorder until they are sure that they made some profit from the Xmas season. I would hurry to restock my store if I was a store manager. Especially after the giant crowds of people I've seen at the stores these past few days. IDK, it seems to me like there are more people in stores now than there were before Xmas. As far as our inventory went, we were never in control of what was ordered. Through our store e-mail (usually 3-5 days before delivery) we get a list of what is being sent to us. The first few days after Christmas was still busy, but it was mainly for returns. I can remember just carts & carts filled with returned product. But by the first of the year, it was like a ghost town in there. No joke, there were days where we did nothing but play video games & ride electric scooters all shift because there was literally nothing to do. No deliveries, no customers, & you can only clean so much. Sorry for getting off topic. But I think if the customer volume was there, it would be a different story. |
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Post by CM Poor on Jan 5, 2012 9:43:33 GMT -5
You do know that just beyond "keeping the shelves full", all companies worth their weight have to file annual financials, and that any store that deals in physical inventory has to report the movement of that inventory, right? Not just "how it sold", but the acquisition costs and write off costs (when clearance pricing dips below acquisition costs and the company takes a loss on the product). Furthermore, entire financial standings are affected by financial ratios, some of which are determined by the liquidity of inventory and the average number of days in inventory. That flow of inventory where the shelves are filled, then cleared, then filled again is healthy for business. A store that sits on inventory has a much higher ADI which can carry through and be reflected in annual financials.
There's a lot more to the business world than just "making truck drivers with a sourpuss attitude happy".
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Post by Halloween King on Jan 5, 2012 21:26:50 GMT -5
You do know that just beyond "keeping the shelves full", all companies worth their weight have to file annual financials, and that any store that deals in physical inventory has to report the movement of that inventory, right? Not just "how it sold", but the acquisition costs and write off costs (when clearance pricing dips below acquisition costs and the company takes a loss on the product). Furthermore, entire financial standings are affected by financial ratios, some of which are determined by the liquidity of inventory and the average number of days in inventory. That flow of inventory where the shelves are filled, then cleared, then filled again is healthy for business. A store that sits on inventory has a much higher ADI which can carry through and be reflected in annual financials. There's a lot more to the business world than just "making truck drivers with a sourpuss attitude happy". What does my job have anything to do with this thread? Sourpuss tude? Have we ever met? Who are you to make these conclusions? Seriously guy it seems like you're the one with an attitude problem. |
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