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How to Set Up Inventory Management in a Small Business (Even with No Experience)

If you run a small business, you’re already managing inventory in some way. Maybe you keep supplies in the back of your store. Maybe it’s a few bins in your garage or a shelf in your kitchen. Whatever the setup, knowing what you have, what’s running low,

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7 Inventory Mistakes That Cost Small Businesses Thousands — and How to Fix Them

Inventory mistakes are easy to overlook until they start costing you money. A few late shipments or unsold items piling up in storage might seem minor at first, but they can quietly eat into your profits. Small businesses often don’t realize how much is lost to poor inventory practices

Inventory Control Method Acronyms with Packaged Boxes

Stock Control Methods Explained: FIFO, LIFO, WAC, JIT, and ABC (2025)

Running a business means knowing what’s in stock, what’s selling, and what needs to be reordered. Without a solid system in place, it’s easy to overbuy, run out of key items, or tie up money in inventory you don’t need. In this guide, we’ll walk

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How to Receive New Stock Without Creating a Mess: A Step-by-Step Guide

When a supplier delivery shows up at your warehouse, backroom, or front desk, it rarely arrives at the “perfect” time. Maybe you’re in the middle of a customer order. Maybe half your team is out. Or maybe the person who placed the order isn’t the one receiving it.

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Using Predictive Logistics to Sharpen Your Inventory Forecasting

One of the hardest parts of running a small to medium-sized business (SMB) is aligning inventory planning with logistics. Whether it’s trade wars, natural disasters or shifting customer demands, SMBs are challenged to operate efficiently in the face of so much uncertainty. The right technology, however, can help you

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Fashion Store Guide, Part 2: Staff Scheduling and Shift Handoffs

In Part 1, we explored how to keep inventory under control. Now let’s turn to the other side of running a fashion store: managing your staff. Even with the best products on your shelves, your store only runs well if your staff does. Staffing is unpredictable: A sudden call-out

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Fashion Store Guide, Part 1: Getting Started with Inventory Management

If you run a fashion store, two things make or break your operations: inventory management and team coordination. You can stock all the right items and have the perfect system, but if your staff doesn’t use it properly, it’s all for nothing. In this two-part guide, we’ll