Trade notes · six articles
Notes from the receiving dock.
Storage envelopes, batch codes, shelf sets and reorder maths — the parts of buying skincare that nobody puts in a catalog. Written by the people who pick and pack it in Clarkston.
Storing skincare stock: heat, light and the 12-month rule
Emulsions separate and SPF loses potency long before a label says expired. Here is the storage envelope we hold in Oakland County, what happens outside it, and how to check whether your own back room is quietly costing you margin.
Batch codes, PAO symbols and how to date a case before you buy it
Six questions that separate a legitimate wholesale offer from a pallet of short-dated diverted goods — and what a straight answer looks like.
A four-foot derm bay: how to plan a pharmacy skincare set
Facings, price ladders and the twelve SKUs that should never go out of stock in an independent pharmacy.
SPF season in the Midwest: order in February, sell in June
Sun care is the most punishing category to buy late. A month-by-month build that keeps you off allocation and out of markdown.
Cleanser, moisturizer, barrier: what counter staff should be able to answer
Nine questions customers actually ask at the shelf, with answers a part-time clerk can give without practising medicine.
Reorder cadence: how often an independent store should actually restock
Weekly, fortnightly or monthly — the arithmetic behind the choice, and why the freight threshold usually decides it for you.
Ready when you are
Put the derm aisle on one purchase order.
Apply today and you will have the pricelist tomorrow. Orders confirmed by 3 PM ET ship the same business day.
Trade only · $250 opening order · Free freight over $1,200 in the lower 48