How catalogers merchandise a once-in-a-lifetime product

Would an inventory specialist recommend planned overage in this case? “It is unknown what value the inventory will have after New Year’s Eve,” Fraser says. “It’s not necessarily worthless.”

At Lillian Vernon Corp., says David Hochberg, the company’s VP of public affairs, “They were bought to sell out, since it’s a timely product to celebrate New Year’s Eve and the Millennium.