| Issue |
Type of Delivery and Retailing |
| Conventional |
The SoftWide® platform |
| Footprint
Needed |
Up to
3,000sqft for credible range |
Demonstrate
availability
Show range |
| Staff |
Security, stocking & stock taking, re-pricing &
remerchandising |
Customer
Service and selling |
| Stock Turn |
Deep catalogue turns less than 2x |
No stock |
| Returns, Logistics, Damaged Goods etc |
Slow, expensive and inefficient Returns/Replenishment 15% of
store hours and more in busy times |
Fast and
efficient
No costs at all |
| Shrink |
Typically 1% for live stock |
Nothing to
steal or lose |
| Availability |
Typical entertainment availability about 85% |
Never out of
stock
No lost sales |
| Limited Range |
Conventional stores cannot exploit the long tail, multi genre
business |
Genres and
Tail are unlimited |
| Environmental |
Transport, Packaging & Waste leads to High Carbon Footprint |
Make only
what you sell
Digitally delivered |
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