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  2. Target may have solved one of retail's biggest problems: Theft

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    Target is hitting its goals on inventory shrink.On a call with reporters, Its CFO and COO Michael Fiddelke told Yahoo Finance the company has hit a plateau when it comes to shrink, including ...

  3. Target Margins And Inventory Issues Raise Analyst Caution ...

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    Additionally, the increase in general liability expenses raises questions, and the analyst is curious about whether shrink (inventory loss) provided a tailwind during the quarter and if it aligned ...

  4. Retail loss prevention - Wikipedia

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    Items that are unaccounted for compared to what the inventory system believes the store should have are losses or "shrink". Shrink is caused by operational errors, internal theft, and external theft. Retail loss prevention is responsible for identifying these causes and following up with training, preventing, investigating, responding to and ...

  5. Target CFO: Shrink, or retail theft, is still a significant ...

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    In previous quarters, Target said that inventory shrinkage — mostly the theft of merchandise — would cut profits by $500 million this year. In 2022, profits took a $700 million hit from the issue.

  6. Shrinkage (accounting) - Wikipedia

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    In accounting, shrinkage or shrink occurs when a retailer has fewer items in stock than were expected by the inventory list. This can be caused by clerical error, or from goods being damaged, lost, or stolen between the point of manufacture (or purchase from a supplier) and the point of sale. [1] High shrinkage can adversely affect a retailer's ...

  7. Shrinkflation - Wikipedia

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    Without explicitly using the term shrinkflation, macroeconomist Vivek Moorthy much earlier documented and analysed the shrinkage effect of inflation, explaining it by Arthur Okun’s "invisible handshake" approach: "Prices are ... based on notions of trust and fairness. it is considered acceptable for firms to respond to cost increases, but not ...

  8. Shrinkage - Wikipedia

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    Shrinkage (accounting), loss of product inventory due to theft, damage, spoilage, etc. Shrinkage defect or shrinkage void, a casting defect caused by metal solidifying from the outside inward; Shrinkage (statistics), a technique to improve an estimator; Shrinkage (slang)

  9. Active destocking - Wikipedia

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    Active destocking in supply chain management is an active decision to reduce the inventory-to-sales ratio [1] of a company. The inventory can include finished products, raw materials and goods in process. In general, active destocking is done following an autonomous, often financial decision by a company to improve its efficiency, free up cash ...