A resort eyewear program is working when it converts occupancy and activity-related demand into repeatable sales while protecting core styles and reading powers through peak periods. Sales should be evaluated with weather, occupancy, availability, and replenishment.
Track the core measures
- Units and sell-through: Units sold divided by units available during the period.
- Gross-profit contribution: Net sales minus product cost.
- Occupancy-linked demand: Sales and requests compared with occupancy and major activity periods.
- Sunglass movement: Sell-through and reorders by style family.
- Reader availability: In-stock rate and requests by power.
- Replenishment speed: Time from identified need to restored inventory.
- Inventory age: Slow styles or powers carried across seasons.
Separate demand from availability
A peak period is not a fair test if proven styles were out of stock. Likewise, a full rack is not healthy when it contains slow duplicates and lacks the products guests request.
Review at 30, 60, and 90 days
At 30 days, confirm placement, claims, labels, and ownership. At 60 days, compare occupancy, weather, and style or power movement. At 90 days, review contribution, aging, reorder quality, and seasonal carryover.
Diagnose the pattern
- Low interaction suggests placement or guest relevance.
- Try-ons without sales suggests style, fit, price, or mirror access.
- Sales plus stockouts suggests shallow depth or slow refills.
- High inventory after the season suggests overbuying or weak assortment differentiation.
For resorts, prioritize occupancy-linked demand, sunglass movement, reader requests, and replenishment speed. The correct benchmark is the resort's own controlled baseline, not a generic industry percentage.
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