Even as shoppers continue clearing store shelves of certain staples, albeit somewhat more slowly than when the panic buying first began, changes in shopper behavior have real potential to create overstocks and allow for product expirations in many categories. With the challenge of addressing out-of-stocks foremost in the minds of trading partners, it seems almost counter-intuitive to be concerned with overstocks but the likelihood of their occurrence, and their cost to business, is very real and demands immediate attention.
