>>11478486Literally is and observable even if youv'e never worked at retail. This is why "shelf warmer" is negative term in the first place.
Stores dont' get in all their stock day one. They get like enough to fill their shelves twice or thrice over (depending on expectations).
After that, they rely on regular shipments from their distribution center for more stock.... IF shit sells. If something shelf warmers, the computer won't reorder. There's a minimum amount of figures that need to sell before they reorder, so all their stock doesn't need to sell out.
Speaking strictly about large retail stores, like TRU/Walmart/Target/etc. Little mom and pop shops might just get a fedex package and that's it until the next wave (3-4 months later).
I think the term "shelf warmer" has been watered down by shitty zoomers who don't hunt or know how retail works. They seem to believe that store still having stock 2 months later is a bad thing, because they don't realize that stores restock their shelves on a daily/weekly basis. They have no idea what a shelf warmer actually looks like.
Or it could be a third worlder, who only know business based on their uncle's mom and pop shop and think ordering a single case is Walmart-tier success.
pic is an actual shelf warmer, which is like 25 cases worth of Power Girl that clogged shelves, hence being put on clearance and away from the actual pegs. Probably took a toy section reset for them to finally get rid of her, because stores literally can not restock if that many figures existed existed on the shelf.
