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title: 8 Retail Myths That Are Eating Your Margin | YDISTRI
description: Discover the 8 retail myths quietly eating your margins. From bad forecasting to overstocking and redistribution mistakes, uncover the hard truths behind inventory decisions that cost you profit.
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[Y′interview: 156 days of stock in the wrong stores. YDISTRI lifted Smart & Final's margin 7.2%.](https://ydistri.com/blog/smart-and-final-lifted-margin-7.2-percents-by-moving-stock-it-already-owned)

[Y′interview: 156 days of stock in the wrong stores. YDISTRI lifted Smart & Final's margin 7.2%.](https://ydistri.com/blog/smart-and-final-lifted-margin-7.2-percents-by-moving-stock-it-already-owned)

[Y′interview: 156 days of stock in the wrong stores. YDISTRI lifted Smart & Final's margin 7.2%.](https://ydistri.com/blog/smart-and-final-lifted-margin-7.2-percents-by-moving-stock-it-already-owned)

[Y′interview: 156 days of stock in the wrong stores. YDISTRI lifted Smart & Final's margin 7.2%.](https://ydistri.com/blog/smart-and-final-lifted-margin-7.2-percents-by-moving-stock-it-already-owned)

[Y′interview: 156 days of stock in the wrong stores. YDISTRI lifted Smart & Final's margin 7.2%.](https://ydistri.com/blog/smart-and-final-lifted-margin-7.2-percents-by-moving-stock-it-already-owned)

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# **8 Retail Myths That Are Eating Your Margin**

## They Sound Logical, Familiar and Harmless

We've all said these lines. We've all heard them. So we made fun of them - because retail is hard enough without "smart ideas" quietly eating your margin in the backroom.

### "A store can make any product sell."

[![screenshot-myth-01](https://ydistri.com/hubfs/campaigns/8-myths/screenshot-myth-01.webp)](https://ydistri.com/retail-myths-that-are-eating-your-margin#0)

### "Just keep the top sellers."

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### "No worries, we'll return it to the supplier."

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### Retail's Biggest Enemy: **Average Unit Sales**

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