Retailing Management 8th Edition by Michael Levy,Barton Weitz

Exercise 4

A buyer at Old Navy has received a number of customer complaints that he has been out of stock on some sizes of men's t-shirts. The buyer subsequently decides to increase this category's product availability from 80 percent to 90 percent. What will be the impact on backup stock and inventory turnover Would your answer be the same if the product category were men's fleece sweatshirts