Benchmark your Discounted Stock levels and protect gross margin

Discounting can help move aging inventory and free up cash, but when it becomes routine it can quietly erode margins. As inventory buffers increase and demand shifts, businesses often rely on reactive markdowns to clear slow-moving stock. Without clear visibility into pricing performance and inventory aging, discounting can mask deeper forecasting or purchasing issues.

Modern inventory and pricing strategies demand more. Teams need connected data and clear benchmarks to understand when discounting is tactical and controlled, and when it signals a deeper inventory imbalance.

This 2-page benchmarking guide helps you understand how discounting affects your margins and how your performance compares to industry benchmarks.

You’ll learn:

• why discounted stock is often a symptom of deeper inventory imbalance
• how to calculate and track discounted stock percentage using margin and inventory data
• industry benchmarks showing how much stock distributors typically sell at a discount
• how better visibility into pricing and inventory helps protect gross margin

Download the guide to see how your discounting levels compare and start building stronger pricing and inventory discipline.