What's the deal with clearance?

[DanrAlwaz]

I don't understand how the clearance works at CVS. Why do some stores put some stuff on clearance and others don't? How can one store have something on clearance and another store 4 miles away not have it on clearance?

[Sylvia]

From what I remember from my retail days.....

Each store tracks the sale of each item. the pricing and date codes are recorded when they are entered into inventory and then as they are sold they get removed from the inventory. Then the whole of the sales for say a month goes through a statistical evaluation...

One store may not be selling those items at all, so they clear them out in order to free up space and $$ to purchase other items of things that sell out more frequently. OR They may get a notice that they are going to be recieving a new shipment and have too many on the shelves OR the items are nearing the end of the shelf life... OR these may be things that have been purchased and returned for what ever reason....etc.

Does that make sense?

[Debbiep]

My goodness, Sylvia, you are a wealth of information. ALways learning something new.
Ours all have clearance thru-out the store, not a specific aisle.

[Erika]

My 3 local CVS NEVER have any good clearance items. They usually have one or two shelves on an endcap full of stuff that probably should have been thrown in the garbage. And they don't even mark it down that much. Which is why I don't bother reading any posts that talk about clearance deals for CVS...knowing that none of my CVS will have the same deals.

WAGS used to be the same, but lately they've also had orange clearance tags all through the store and I've noticed that several people have mentioned getting the same items in different stores. So apparently they're a lot more consistent.

[Debbiep]

Erika-don't let 'em fool you. There's nothing consistent about WGS.

[mrs20mist]

Originally Posted by Debbiep

Erika-don't let 'em fool you. There's nothing consistent about WGS.

I agree 100%.

[Sylvia]

Originally Posted by Debbiep

My goodness, Sylvia, you are a wealth of information. ALways learning something new.
Ours all have clearance thru-out the store, not a specific aisle.

:blush: Is that a good thing or a bad thing? ha ha ha..... Ok, I'm taking that as a compliment. Thanks!

I guess you can say I've had a lot of life experience and quite a bit of schooling too. lol

[Sylvia]

Originally Posted by Erika

WAGS used to be the same, but lately they've also had orange clearance tags all through the store and I've noticed that several people have mentioned getting the same items in different stores. So apparently they're a lot more consistent.

Hi Erika: I spoke with a WAGS manager recently about them not having several of their in ad items available when the ad same out. (just a mild hiney chewing) During the course of the conversation he told me that all WAGS were changing their merchandise across the board. Items that didn't have a good history of selling are being clearanced and will not be reordered. Instead they will be bringing in more of the things that sell more often.

[mtnhoney]

Originally Posted by Sylvia

Hi Erika: I spoke with a WAGS manager recently about them not having several of their in ad items available when the ad same out. (just a mild hiney chewing) During the course of the conversation he told me that all WAGS were changing their merchandise across the board. Items that didn't have a good history of selling are being clearanced and will not be reordered. Instead they will be bringing in more of the things that sell more often.

I noticed that the Oil of Olay that is BOGO in both stores I went to; there wasn't 2 of any kind on the shelf, and that was on Monday!

[helcope]

Originally Posted by Debbiep

Erika-don't let 'em fool you. There's nothing consistent about WGS.

LOL...YES, there is one thing Consistent about Wags..... that is they are Not Consistent...LOL...Wags Consistent, Sure at changing the Rules every day...ROFLOL...