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[h3]Danger of Unproven Lines[/h3]

[dropcap cap=W]hip out your data sheets, it’s time again to see how you measure up against Joe Average?Jeweler. Monthly figures are below. Our highlight category for July is Unproven Lines.[/dropcap]
Those bright shiny things you fall in love with at first sight do indeed have the potential to set your store apart. But when you consider only about one-third of it will sell in the first year, it’s easier to see the danger.?Here, more than half the “new” inventory in the average U.S. jeweler is already 60 days old and aging quickly.

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David Brown is president of the Edge Retail Academy, an organization devoted to the ongoing measurement and growth of jewelry store performance and profitability. You can contact him at [email protected]
[span class=note]This story is from the July 2008 edition of INSTORE[/span]
If you’d like to contribute your own data and receive a personalized KPI report each month, call (877) 910-3343 or e-mail: [email protected].
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