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US TV Supply Sufficient to Meet Retail Demand
July 19, 2020
In order to test the recent ‘out-of-stock’ theory, SCMR, LLC checked Best Buy to see what the TV status looks like. They looked at the ten most popular TV sets at Best Buy to check availability and pricing and compared Amazon and other 3rd part sellers. There were no out of stock items among the top 10 most popular TV sets at Best Buy, which offered 6 out of the top ten most popular TV sets at discounts to Amazon pricing. While discounting can be a tool to move old inventory, none of the top 10 TVs at Best Buy that were 2018 models (there were two) were being sold at a discount to a previously higher price or against Amazon’s price, and 4 of the 6 discounted TVs at Best Buy were 2020 models, all of which would indicate that inventory levels are sufficient to meet current demand.
Table 1: TV Prices by Model and Year of Introduction
July 19, 2020
In order to test the recent ‘out-of-stock’ theory, SCMR, LLC checked Best Buy to see what the TV status looks like. They looked at the ten most popular TV sets at Best Buy to check availability and pricing and compared Amazon and other 3rd part sellers. There were no out of stock items among the top 10 most popular TV sets at Best Buy, which offered 6 out of the top ten most popular TV sets at discounts to Amazon pricing. While discounting can be a tool to move old inventory, none of the top 10 TVs at Best Buy that were 2018 models (there were two) were being sold at a discount to a previously higher price or against Amazon’s price, and 4 of the 6 discounted TVs at Best Buy were 2020 models, all of which would indicate that inventory levels are sufficient to meet current demand.
Table 1: TV Prices by Model and Year of Introduction
