How to Use overstock in a Sentence

overstock

noun
  • And these aren't just your run-of-the-mill, overstock duds.
    Christian Gollayan, Men's Health, 22 Apr. 2023
  • A word to the wise, though: The overstock section tends to sell out quickly.
    Ellen McAlpine, Men's Health, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Amazon will then direct you to its overstock home page.
    John Thompson, Men's Health, 12 Jan. 2023
  • This month, the athleisure brand is dropping prices on its overstock items, and many of them are perfect for your fall workouts.
    Christian Gollayan, Men's Health, 22 Sep. 2022
  • The Atari brand disappeared in a sea of cut-price overstock available via mail-order.
    PCMAG, 27 June 2022
  • With virtual goods, brands won’t have to run sales with deep discounts to unload their overstock.
    Bernard Marr, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2022
  • To absorb the footage loss, the vinyl and disc shelving units make use of secondary racks at floor level, which formerly held overstock.
    Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2021
  • The creator and owner of Crazy Cazboy’s, an overstock liquidation retail store chain, Cassimus plans to open two new stores in the first two months of the new year.
    William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 30 Dec. 2020
  • Right now, the overstock outlet has plenty of furniture deals to give any room in your home an instant upgrade.
    Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 5 May 2023
  • The brand is currently having a massive End of Year sale that marks down its best-selling, overstock, as well as past-season items at up to 50% off.
    Maverick Li, Men's Health, 30 Dec. 2022
  • Amazon's overstock outlet is packed with thousands of deals this weekend.
    Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 29 Apr. 2023
  • The store will be the first Arhaus outlet store in Texas and will sell out-of-season looks, special order returns, overstock merchandise, new-in-box and other items.
    Maria Halkias, Dallas News, 17 Mar. 2023
  • July is a prime time for menswear brands to fill their sale section with overstock duds, but one deal that caught our eye was Abercrombie's Summer Clearance event.
    Men's Health, 26 July 2023
  • Find out-of-season looks, special order returns, overstock merchandise and even some new-in-box items.
    Ryan Conner, Dallas News, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The mega sale is overflowing with millions of deals, and some of the most impressive discounts are hiding in Amazon's overstock outlet.
    Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com, 12 July 2022
  • But don't let these overstock deals fool you into thinking these are unpopular items.
    Jessica Leigh Mattern, PEOPLE.com, 22 June 2021
  • Keep reading to check out the rest of our picks from Amazon's overstock patio, lawn, and garden outlet, including more beach tents, grill covers, and pruning shears.
    Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com, 16 Mar. 2022
  • On the other hand, Amazon Outlet includes closeout, clearance, and overstock items.
    Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2021
  • The rentable apparel will be sourced from clothing product overstock, helping to minimize waste.
    Supriya Singh, Fortune, 5 July 2023
  • More positively, companies are now trying to figure out ways to shift their companies to reduce overstock in the first place.
    Sophie Mellor, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2021
  • The trick with inventory planning is to order just the right amount of product to satisfy customer demand while avoiding overstock or out-of-stock issues.
    Alex Koshulko, Forbes, 6 Feb. 2023
  • This can help you in clearing out seasonal inventory and overstock by bringing more attention to your brand.
    Yec, Forbes, 7 July 2022
  • The retailer's overstock outlet now features a new section devoted to deals on premium brands.
    Jessica Leigh Mattern, PEOPLE.com, 30 July 2021
  • As part of its first-ever Surplus Sale, the retailer is currently slashing up to 60% off select furniture and home decor to get rid of overstock inventory.
    Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Each quarter, the all-weather outdoor lifestyle brand offers a new sock design made from overstock yarn, with all proceeds benefiting the Vermont Foodbank.
    Outside Online, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Avoid ordering too much of a product or raw material, resulting in overstock.
    Patrick McDonald, Forbes, 27 Apr. 2021
  • Similarly, Amazon Outlet has deals on a wide variety of overstock items, like beauty products and electronics.
    Travel + Leisure, 4 July 2020
  • White Pony also recovers clothing — unsold, brand-new overstock, out-of-season and returns that might otherwise end up in landfill — as well as diapers, back-to-school supplies, jewelry and high-end makeup.
    Carolyn Said, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 July 2021
  • Competitors like Cowboy and industry giant Stella also had to raise cash to handle overstock after e-bike inventories swelled.
    Thomas Ricker, The Verge, 6 May 2023
  • Apparel has been hard hit by this year's supply chain chaos, which has alternately caused both a shortage and overstock of products, and created an operational nightmare for clothing makers and retailers.
    Phil Wahba, Fortune, 22 July 2022

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