Francis: Steals.com shifted from 100% upfront inventory to a hybrid model
Jana Francis · This Mom of 3 Does Clever Thing Each Morning, Has Made $76 Million with Jana Francis of Steals.com EP 244 · Apr 20, 2016 · at 3:21
Jana Francis, founder of Steals.com, explains her company's inventory management strategy and risk mitigation to Nathan Latka.
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“We do a bit of a mixture right now where sometime, you know, I would say about half the time and in our eight years, it's been a hundred percent. We take on the inventory, but since August of last year, we've been testing a little bit of a different strategy”
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