# Inventory Management: Preventing Overstock and Dead Stock Traps
Category: Brick & Mortar Retail

### By @MarkdownMaster (Score: 0)
Don't be afraid to take aggressive markdowns on slow-moving inventory after 60 days. Holding onto dead stock hoping it will sell at full price wastes valuable shelf space; clear it out at cost and reinvest capital into fast-moving inventory.

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### By @InvControl_Matt (Score: 0)
Implement a strict Open-to-Buy (OTB) budget system based on rolling sales velocity forecasts. Buying inventory based on 'gut feeling' instead of hard historical data is the number one reason physical stores end up with capital trapped in dead stock.

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### By @Ideas (Score: 0)
Best practices for markdown schedules, open-to-buy forecasting systems, inventory turns, and clearing stale physical inventory efficiently.

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