In a boutique, the owner or accessories buyer should own eyewear, while sales associates maintain the fixture and surface customer feedback.
Buyer responsibilities
- style and reader-power mix
- display size and placement
- retail pricing
- reorder and aging decisions
Sales-associate responsibilities
Reset frames, refill visible gaps, report repeated customer requests, and keep the mirror area usable.
Vendor role
The supplier can help translate sell-through into the next assortment, but should not replace a clear internal category owner.
Continue: Boutiques resource center.