Markdown Stop-Loss
Markdowns past the point of recovery. Proposes the floor.
Cumulative markdown on a line passes the point where further discounting destroys more margin than the holding cost of the remaining units.
Price floor written to the pricing engine for the line; further automatic markdown steps suppressed at POS.
Every write is gated on an approver role you name. Nothing runs unattended.
- Compute the recovery curve: what each further markdown step returns against what it gives away.
- Compare against the alternatives nobody models: jobbing, packing away to next season, donation, and write-off.
- Set the floor where marginal recovery turns negative, per line rather than per category.
- Open a case to the finance and merchandising leads with the floor and the alternative, gated on approval.
- Close when the line clears at or above the floor, or exits by the agreed route.
Margin retained against the modelled outcome of the uninterrupted markdown ladder.
The case closes on this number, not on the action being taken. A playbook without a close condition is a dashboard.
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