We are getting wrong merchendise

Our store isnt selling and we keep getting truck overloaded and just basically building more debt. Doesnt the company focus on what actually sells and what doesnt? We have Sears products online that should of be in the actual store because customers like certain products. Another thing is when they cut the wrong Vendors for example in the past in shoes Converse/New Balance we use to sell a lot of those, we got simply style a product that isnt selling at all. In the Spring we had a ton of 0's for Footwear like probably 2 full pallets they didn't sell at the end, but guess what? We get again tons of junk and this summer its going to be the same exact thing lots of 0's since they wont sell its another waste of Sears.

The biggest problem we have in our store is our Store Manager he doesn't know how to manage the store no one sees him as a leader because hes such a huge douche bag.

This is not just your store, @OC0DMaG-1pxn. I am not sure if it's the store manager's ineptitude, or if it's coming from higher above, but the fact is that we keep getting stuff we can't sell and we keep asking for stuff that we need and are not receiving it. For the life of me, I can't figure out their logic... Unless they want our store to close. Then and only then does it make sense.

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Stores should have a base of products the store itself orders as needed. It is insane to operate otherwise

Long answer - don't expect any rational decisions out of corporate. I used to be an analyst there. It is a disaster and going downhill fast. First it makes no sense that they are cutting store employees to the bone because they are the ones dealing with the customers (who pay everybody). However work that actually helps to sell things had diminished in favor of fantasy future objectives like partnership with Uber and ability to shop other stores using a Sears app (had maybe 10 employees on it). My old department lost 2 of us and hired 2 more. All they are doing is managing the automated reports we created yet are being paid more. A huge waste of money for appearances so the people in charge appear to be doing something and are less at risk of losing their jobs. Most of you (and them) are not going to have long term futures. Spend your time looking for another job.

To be fair, the store manager has zero control over inventory and what the store receives. They can try to request to receive (or not receive) certain items or assortments, but it is no guarantee. Chances are any request will be denied. I've seen it happen. You get whatever comes is the motto.

That said, the buyers do need to step back. They shouldn't hold 100% of the inventory decision making process because they don't know how a store works and what people want. You can't just throw a zillion random things into a store and expect it to sell, and throw a zillion more of the same things into the store over and over again when there is a consistent result of poor sales, even after markdowns.

Corporate should really consider consulting with each store to see what works and what doesn't. The $60 million dollar question is: will they?

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