inventory-clearance sale
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Definition
- Noun:
- A sale to reduce inventory: An "inventory-clearance sale" is a retail event where a store sells its existing stock of goods, often at reduced prices, with the primary goal of clearing out or significantly reducing its current inventory.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- The store is holding an inventory-clearance sale to make room for new spring merchandise.
- I bought this sofa at a huge discount during the annual inventory-clearance sale.
Advanced Usage
"to hold an inventory-clearance sale": to organize and run such a sale event.
- The company decided to hold an inventory-clearance sale at the end of the fiscal year.
"end-of-season inventory-clearance sale": a specific type of clearance sale that occurs when a retail season ends.
- The winter coats were 70% off at the end-of-season inventory-clearance sale.
Variants and Related Words
Clearance sale (n): a more general term for a sale intended to clear out goods.
- The clearance sale attracted many bargain hunters.
Inventory (n): the complete list of items such as property, goods in stock, or the contents of a building.
- The manager conducted a monthly inventory of the warehouse.
Synonyms
- Stock clearance sale: a sale to clear out stock.
- Liquidation sale: a sale, often at very low prices, to sell all assets, typically when a business is closing.
Related Phrases
- To clear inventory: the action of selling off stock.
- The new strategy helped the company clear inventory quickly.
Related Idioms
- To blow out inventory: (informal business idiom) to sell inventory very quickly, often at low prices.
- The promotional pricing was designed to blow out the old inventory.
Noun
- a sale to reduce inventory