Ep 98 - How The Toy Industry Clears Excess Inventory

Playing At Business - toy & game business podcast with Steve Reece

A few episodes back we looked at why excess inventory is so dangerous - in this episode we move on to look at the practicalities of how our industry manages excess inventory, where they sell it, how it works and some major banana skins to watch out for when selling clearance stock!

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