Wal-Mart Brings in Consultants to Help Keep Its Shelves Stocked
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., once a case study in moving and selling goods, is now turning to consultants for help with the most basic of retail tasks: Keeping its shelves stocked.
The retailer has hired firms including Acosta Inc. in the U.S. and Retail Insight in the U.K. to walk the aisles and track whether hundreds of items are in stock. Products are missing as a plan to add thousands of items to stores this year crowds storage space and tighter labor budgets leave workers less time to stock shelves.