and others that manage their own inventory and act more as curators for finicky customers.
The German company previously focused on handling all sales and inventory itself.
It's a huge amount of inventory that it needs to rebuild, Mr Blaber said.
According to the report, housing inventory in the first half of 2016 fell by 50 million square meters from the same period in 2015, but the growth in sales slowed slightly in May.
"Our chain of small stores suddenly became old fashioned when the mega-store came to town with its huge inventory and low prices.
If you're responsible for the new phone system, the inventory count, the maintenance on the company's truck or the training of that new employee just do it.
Before you buy, "make an inventory of what you already have," Jay said.
As other men sometimes tabulate lists of properties they own or would like to own, I set down my inventory of earthly desirables: health,love, beauty, talent, power, riches, and fame.
The New York sale was closely watched as a 10-day auction stretch with record inventory weighed on the market and participants' nerves.
The Heat sold out their season ticket inventory for the 2010 — 2011 campaign after four straight years of attendance declines.
In Ethiopia and Tanzania, for example, farmers connect to get better prices, track inventory and make mobile insurance payments in case of bad weather.
Lofty goals aside, the streetside venture allows his company to clear old inventory.
Do a quick inventory of the equipment.
"A nationwide property market recovery will remain a prolonged and strenuous process, dragged by large inventory overhangs in second and third-tier cities," Australia and New Zealand Banking Group analysts led by Liu Li-Gang wrote in a note.
"Given the huge inventory overhang, unfavourable demographic trends and the potential for local debt crises I expect the slump will last at least until the end of 2017 and possibly longer, even if we see some small temporary rebounds.
While Alibaba's marketplace serves as a platform to connect buyers and sellers, JD buys goods from manufacturers and distributors and holds the inventory in its own warehouses, in a model that echoes Amazon's.
As other men sometimes tabulate lists of properties they own or would like to own, I set down my inventory of earthly desirables: health, love, beauty, talent, power,riches,and fame.
It does not stop there; optimists also take inventory of what's not so great.
In my private moments of mental inventory, I discovered that I had no more peace of mind, nor was I less afraid of the problems of life and death, than many years before, when I planned my road to happiness and success by the flickering lamp in my father's tiny farmhouse.
Then he conducted an inventory of their packs and sent it by e-mail to their teachers to find out just how many of the items had to be carried to and from school each day.