Travel centers and truck stops avoid dead eyewear inventory by protecting core reader powers and proven driving sunglasses while treating holiday and road-trip peaks as temporary inventory needs.
Keep the assortment functional
Readers should remain available in commonly requested powers; sunglasses should focus on broadly wearable styles instead of excessive variety.
Use travel peaks as temporary buffers
Add depth before known holiday and summer-road-trip periods, then reduce the reserve after traffic normalizes.
Watch store-level aging
Different locations can produce different power and sunglass demand. Use local reorders rather than one network-wide inventory pattern.
Keep backstock visible to staff
Reserve inventory should be labeled and close enough to the selling area that it is actually used.