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5 ways to spot slow-moving stock

20 October 2025

Today, we're talking slow-moving stock, the books that are gathering dust and taking up precious real estate.

There are 5 ways you can spot the signs early:

📚 They’ve been in stock for 90+ days without a single sale
📚 You’re having to dust them more often than you reorder them
📚 You can’t remember the last time someone even picked one up
📚 They’re blocking space that could go to your reliable bestsellers
📚 You’re tempted to move them to the front just to “get rid” of them.

Sound familiar? It might be time to review your stock data. The sooner you identify the titles that aren't selling fast enough, the faster you can replace them with books that do.

So make sure you're getting the most out of your bookshop reporting and PoS system to find those titles and get them shifted.