Independent pharmacies avoid dead eyewear inventory by managing readers by power and allowing reorders to reshape the original mix.
Protect functional breadth
Keep enough powers to serve customers, but do not carry equal duplicate depth behind slow powers.
Use sunglass depth cautiously
Seasonal sun demand can be productive, but it should not consume reader inventory dollars without evidence.
Watch aging and backstock
Identify frames that sit through multiple service cycles and make reserve inventory easy to locate.
Reorder from demand
Deepen powers and styles that repeatedly sell instead of reconstructing the opening order.
Over-the-counter readers are not a substitute for professional eye care or prescribed lenses.
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