“Basically, I think the trend seems to be that, while the superstore concept in and of itself makes a good deal of sense, trying be all things to all people from an inventory and cash-flow standpoint doesn’t seem to make as much sense and, to a large extent, over time, has proven to be somewhat unwieldy,” he says. “You’re basically stocking a lot of inventory by choice that’s not moving.”
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“Basically, I think the trend seems to be that, while the superstore concept in and of itself makes a good deal of sense, trying be all things to all people from an inventory and cash-flow standpoint doesn’t seem to make as much sense and, to a large extent, over time, has proven to be somewhat unwieldy,” he says. “You’re basically stocking a lot of inventory by choice that’s not moving.”