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What is Cycle Stock? – Lightspeed

Cycle stock, the portion of your stock set aside specifically to meet regular demand during a defined period, is a key part of managing inventory for retail and hospitality businesses. Without it, businesses can face stockouts, operational inefficiencies and unhappy customers—a scenario no retailer wants. For businesses with multiple locations or sales channels, keeping inventory…

What is Cycle Stock? – Lightspeed

How to Optimize Storage for Efficiency

Running a growing business across multiple locations means keeping operations smooth and efficient. Fulfilling orders quickly, maintaining accurate inventory and creating streamlined workflows all depend on how well your warehouse is organized. That’s where warehouse slotting steps in. Warehouse slotting assigns products to the best possible locations within your storage space. It’s about matching items…

How to Optimize Storage for Efficiency

FIFO vs. LIFO: Difference Between Inventory Methods

How does your choice between FIFO vs. LIFO impact your business’s financial health? Inventory valuation is more than just an accounting requirement—it directly influences your cost of goods sold (COGS), tax liabilities and profit margins. Choosing the right valuation method can shape key business decisions and financial outcomes, guiding smarter purchasing and inventory management strategies….

FIFO vs. LIFO: Difference Between Inventory Methods

The Best Hard Ciders That Are Not Too Sweet

Virginia-based Albemarle Ciderworks grows many vintage apple varieties in its orchard, including the Hewes Crab Apple, a cultivar that was once widely used for cider production in 18th-century Virginia. While crab apples can be divisive, Beth Demmon appreciates their character, calling them “not everybody’s favorite” but “a really kind of fun, quirky apple” that produces…

The Best Hard Ciders That Are Not Too Sweet

A Dash of Chartreuse in Your Martini

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Andrea McHugh Andrea McHugh is a New England-based food, wine and spirits, and travel writer. Her byline can be found in US News, Insider, Parade Magazine, the Boston Globe, Yankee Magazine, Classic Boat, Travel Awaits, TripSavvy, the Hartford Courant and numerous national and international publications. She’s traveled to destinations far and wide,…

A Dash of Chartreuse in Your Martini