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6.5% -- inventory distortion share of sales for global retail sector (2025)
Annual global retail inventory distortion losses from stockouts and overstocks are equivalent to 6.5% of worldwide sales.
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6.5%
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2025
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95
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IHL Group
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https://tociny.ai/blog/what-is-inventory-shrinkage ↗
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What Is Inventory Shrinkage and How Can You Stop It
February 12, 2026
Inventory shrinkage is one of those sneaky problems that can quietly eat away at your profits. It's the difference between the stock you think you have in your system and what's actually sitting on your warehouse shelves.
For any e-commerce brand, especially those on Shopify, this …
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global retail sector: 6.5% inventory distortion share of sales. Source: IHL Group (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/inventory-distortion-share-of-sales-2025
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