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Originally Posted by justinsain
No, I haven't been to a distribution center.
Last year I went to Best Buy at xmas time to get around a 40" tv and on the show room floor they had several pallets of TVs stacked vertically and the stack was wrapped with plastic so I just assumed they came that way from the distributor and then broken down in the back and TVs are brought to the front as needed. Because it was xmas They just used a forklift and brought the whole pallet out and saved walking back and fourth.
I'm sure a lot goes on behind doors that would make consumers shudder and I don't like to think about it. When I go to a restaurant I can't sit anywhere within view of the kitchen  |
Stuff like that only happens with high volume promo stuff. Stores would never have the stock room to do that with every thing they sell. The average stuff is just ships piece at a time as the stores need them. If a store sells 9 pieces of a certain item, but they keep 12 on hand, then they will be replaced with 9 in most cases just to replenish the in store stock to keep it at the 12.