A reading-glass assortment for college and campus stores should provide useful power breadth while protecting the strengths that move during normal and peak campus periods. Equal quantities can create slow surplus and core-power shortages.
Separate breadth from depth
Breadth serves students, faculty, staff, parents, and visitors. Depth should reflect semester starts, graduation, events, customer age mix, and the store's ability to replenish.
Build the opening power curve
- Define the intended range.
- Weight likely core powers more heavily.
- Use clear self-service labels.
- Keep refill inventory by power.
- Compare the first reorder with the campus calendar.
A Major Frames planning example
In many Major Frames reader programs, approximately +2.00 through +3.50 receives more depth. This is a program example, not a universal rule. A campus store may need a different curve based on faculty, staff, alumni, and visitor demand.
Watch for functional out-of-stocks
A rack can look full while productive powers are missing. Audit power gaps before and after semester peaks, misplaced frames, and backstock that has not reached the display.
Use the reorder to improve the assortment
Increase powers with repeated movement across more than one campus period. Avoid using one event as the only basis for a permanent change.
What to monitor
- sales by power
- semester-period stockouts
- customer requests
- backstock use
- reorder frequency
For campus stores, combine power availability with semester-period sales, customer requests, and event-driven reorders.
Over-the-counter readers are not a substitute for professional eye care.
Continue: College and Campus Stores resource center, reading-power guidance, or build a campus-store eyewear program.