Guide
How to reduce stock loss in your shop
Stock that leaves without being sold — shrinkage — comes straight off your margin. You cannot stop all of it, but you can make it visible quickly enough to act.
Where stock goes
Shoplifting
Small, high-value items near the door are the usual targets.
Staff
Sales not rung up, discounts for friends or stock taken from the storeroom.
Deliveries
Short deliveries accepted without counting against the order.
Admin errors
Wrong quantities captured, or stock received but never recorded.
Damage and expiry
Breakages and out-of-date stock written off without a record.
What actually works
- Let sales move stock automatically, so the count is never waiting for someone to update it
- Give every cashier their own login so every sale has a name on it
- Count high-value lines weekly, not just at year-end
- Receive deliveries against a purchase order and check quantities before signing
- Set minimum stock levels so reordering is planned, not panic buying
- Compare branches: if one branch loses far more of a line, that is where to look
How Revoluno helps
Revoluno moves stock with every sale at the till and online, per branch. Each sale is tied to the cashier who made it, low-stock alerts flag lines before they run out, and purchase orders let you record exactly what each supplier delivered.