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Recent Examples of overstock
Brands that plan early can better leverage data analytics to predict demand, reducing overstock and stockouts.
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Pratik Bhadra, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
This deal is part of a larger overstock sale at Nomad.
—Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 4 July 2024
IoT sensors connected via a 5G network can provide real-time updates on stock levels and help businesses avoid overstock or understock situations, aligning existing inventory with customer demand.
—Gev Balyan, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Last year, retailers were projected to lose $1.77 trillion in revenue globally due to out-of-stocks, preventable returns and overstocks.
—Richard Collings, Axios, 2 Oct. 2024
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Pratik Bhadra, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
This deal is part of a larger overstock sale at Nomad.
—Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 4 July 2024
IoT sensors connected via a 5G network can provide real-time updates on stock levels and help businesses avoid overstock or understock situations, aligning existing inventory with customer demand.
—Gev Balyan, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Last year, retailers were projected to lose $1.77 trillion in revenue globally due to out-of-stocks, preventable returns and overstocks.
—Richard Collings, Axios, 2 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overstock
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Consequently, consumers endure the worst of both worlds: a commodity that is susceptible to rapid price increases, lacking the infrastructure to reduce prices during periods of overproduction, all while relying on an emissions-intensive delivery system.Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile, those who fail to embrace transparency or address overproduction will struggle.Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 2 Jan. 2025
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Companies will have to tackle the challenge of managing production surpluses, seeking to avoid excess inventory while more effectively meeting market demand.Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 2 Jan. 2025
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The tradition reportedly began in Spain in the late 1800s, possibly as a way to use up a surplus of grapes harvested that year.Brandi D. Addison, The Arizona Republic, 31 Dec. 2024
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Jeff Probst’s post-pandemic makeover of the landmark reality show has its irksome tendencies: a too-formulaic structure (why are we locked into three tribes of six every season?), an overabundance of advantages, the decision to cast exclusively superfans whose life’s dream is to be on Survivor.Joe Reid, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
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There’s always going to be glut—or not glut, that has a negative connotation, but an overabundance of programming.Jason Parham, WIRED, 27 Sep. 2024
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The experience of that disaster and others has led to per-event deductibles (or excess) rising from 100 million euros to 400 million euros today.Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 12 Jan. 2025
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The same things happened during the early days of the Macri administration, where the excesses of the Kirchner era were quickly investigated, and several high profile officials including former vice president Amado Boudou and Julio De Vido, Public Works Secretary, were arrested in demeaning ways.Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
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In fact, across the globe, this significant oversupply is unwittingly locked within the supply chain to manage supply risk, restricting flexibility and hindering effective use of working capital.Paul J. Noble, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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What’s at least a temporary oversupply of warehouses in the region may be behind this 19,000 slowdown.Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register, 28 Nov. 2024
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“Overstock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overstock. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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