→Urbanbuy Journal
Notes from the stockroom.
Practical pieces on merchandising, reordering and receiving — written for store owners and buyers, not shoppers, with numbers you can check against your own register reports.
- Articles
- 3Merchandising, inventory and receiving.
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- Urbanbuy Trade DeskThe desk that prices your shelf list.
- Reading time
- 6–7 minShort enough to finish between deliveries.
01Latest articles
The wall, the reorder, the delivery.
Three jobs every small beauty store repeats: setting the shelf, deciding when to reorder and checking what arrives. Each piece takes one apart with worked numbers — facings per shelf, weeks of cover, the 14-day claim window.
Planning a hair care wall for a 900-square-foot store
The hair care wall earns the most per foot in a beauty-supply store. Here's how to set it by need, price tier and turn.
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Reorder points for a small beauty store: the two-week rule
A reorder point is one line of arithmetic. Getting the inputs right is where most small stores run out of stock.
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Receiving a wholesale delivery: the first 24 hours
What to check before you sign, what to count before you shelve, and how to file a claim that gets paid.
Read the article02Put it on the shelf
Price your shelf list before you set it.
Send the SKUs you reorder and we'll reply with pricing, pack sizes and stock status within one business day. To order, apply for a trade account — it takes about 5 minutes, and approval comes within 2 business days.