Quote Originally Posted by Sky Shadow View Post
I was at Toys 'R' Us today, and thinking how outdated Hasbro's model is in terms of case assortments. Toys that are going to be shelfwarmers are now doubly so, because toys that people actually want will be a.) bought first by people who want them, and b.) bought by scalpers to sell online. At Woolworths, if they run out of oranges, they can order more oranges. They don't have to buy the oranges in an assortment that contains one orange, two apples, three lemons and a mandarin.
It's also a retailer problem. My local coles refuses to buy in cases of Schweppes Agrum and instead only stocks Sugarfree Agrum. Sugarfree Agrum shelfwarms like crap even when its on special. This has been an ongoing problem for nearly 3 years so they clearly haven't noticed or cared.

If Hasbro did do cases of single product types theres no stopping an ignorant retailer from ordering a boatload of crap we don't want and not learning their lesson from it. Also, with this, there is a huge risk that a particular product may not get picked up by retailers at all, so all your design and development costs go down the toilet. It's a pity that Hasbro pretty much have to tailor their product to sell to the retailer, not the end consumer.