Planning work

Open-to-buy for a selling season

A cash envelope for the next buying period: how much may still be ordered, by category, after stock already on hand and on the water is counted.

Format
Working session with the buyer and the latest stock and on-order lists
Time
About two weeks, including one working sitting
Where
Tbilisi desk or the shop office
Rate basis
From 1,400 GEL per season

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Retail shop interior with clothing and goods on display
A shop floor that still has to be fed from the back room. Open-to-buy is the remaining cash for that feed.

Open-to-buy is the remaining sum a retailer may still commit this season after stock on hand and stock already ordered are counted. We set it by category — groceries, hardware, apparel, whatever you actually buy — so a generous order in tea does not silently steal the envelope meant for soap.

The work needs a stock value you trust, a list of open purchase orders, and a sales plan that is at least as honest as last year’s till. We will argue with a plan that assumes a doubling of a quiet category. The finished sheet is a set of envelopes, not a licence to over-order “because the vendor is in town.”