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What is retail shrinkage ? How to reduce shrinkage ?

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Question added by Bhojraj Dahal , supply chain coordinator , L’Oréal
Date Posted: 2015/06/12
Vinod Jetley
by Vinod Jetley , Assistant General Manager , State Bank of India

Retail shrinkage is the portion of your inventory that gets lost or stolen.

Inventory shrinkage in your business or retail store is when the physical count of your merchandise or stock differs from the amount your records indicate you should have. Shrink can be a result of a number of factors, which occur singly or in combination, including employee or customer theft, misplaced stock, inefficient recordkeeping, shipping errors or order fill errors. While paper errors show a trail of inaccurate loss, theft is a true loss of physical inventory. To reduce inventory shrinkage you'll need to increase security and control each event which involves merchandise.

FITAH MOHAMED
by FITAH MOHAMED , Financial Manager , FUEL AND ENERGY CO for transportion petroleum materials

Shrinkage is 

 

 A reduction in inventory due to shoplifting, employee theft, paperwork errors and supplier fraud.

 

 

Retail shrinkage is

 

The portion of your inventory that gets lost or stolen. Your shrinkage rate is expressed as a percentage based on the value of lost inventory divided by sales during the same period. Keeping your shrinkage rate low is critical to success in business

حسين محمد ياسين
by حسين محمد ياسين , Finance Manager , مؤسسة عبد الماجد محمد العمر للمقاولات العامة

agree with answers >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

عبدالحميد عفلي
by عبدالحميد عفلي , متصرّف مسؤول المحاسبة العامة والنزاعات الجبائية , الشركة الجهوية للنقل بالقيروان

agree with mr Vinod.......................

Ibrahim Hussein Mayaleh
by Ibrahim Hussein Mayaleh , Sales & Business Consultant and Trainer , Self-employed

I agree with the answer of  mr. Fitah

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