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Closeouts are a regular by-product of today's highly competitive, SKU proliferated, ever-changing market place. However, they are a logistical nightmare that are very difficult, if not impossible, to run through the distribution systems of today's retailers.
CLT International has structured its company to give manufacturers the assurance the integrity of their brand will be preserved and allow retailers to market closeouts seamlessly through their systems. Each department has been specifically structured to manage the many logistical challenges inherent with closeouts and convert seemingly unmanageable goods into consistently saleable retail packages.
CLT can handle the complexities associated with any deal. It's what we do day in and day out, and we do it right! Click here to see an example how CLT has handled such complexities.
We have 10 buyers and associates that scour the world daily looking for opportunity buys on branded goods. Upon passing our buying committee's product and market analysis, each brand we purchase follows the same flow through our various departments:
- Quality Control
Before goods can be remarketed, each deal undergoes a rigorous inspection process to:
- sort unmanageable inventory (e.g. tattered packaging, short dated)
- identify labeling problems (e.g. outdated promotional packaging, legal labeling compliance)
- segregate merchandising compliance issues ( e.g. case pack variances)
- Marketing Specialists
Goods are then channeled through the CLT Marketing Department to assess and design the label, packaging and merchandising vehicles integral to both the preservation of a brand's integrity and the ability of retailers to realize full value for each brand.
CLT has fully integrated packaging capabilities that bring to life whatever the marketing plan requires, from re-boxing to clamshell packs to PDQ displays.
- Production Division
Executing each marketing and packaging program is CLT's Production Division, a large crew of handlers specializing in all manner of product "restoration", ranging from basic re-labeling to complex 'pick 'n pack' pallet loaders.
- Then our logistics team re-labels, picks and packs by store, pre-tickets and executes whatever compliance issues a customer may require.
- Comprehensive Logistics
With Distribution Centers in USA, Canada and Europe, CLT is fully versed in all manner of ground, air and sea shipments.
CLT is similarly equipped to meet the unique logistic demands of each of our customers.
Services include:
- Floor loaded or palletized containers FOB your Distribution Center.
- Door to door drop shipments.
- Cross docking.
- Short / long term warehousing.
- Orders sorted and "pick 'n packed" by store.
- Goods re-packed and re-labeled to customer
/ regulatory specifications.
- Complete Customs Brokerage Services.
Case Study
CLT International purchased a large closeout from a major manufacturer. The product happened to be store returns accumulated over a few years. There were almost 100 SKU's mixed together in various size boxes. The SKU mix was unknown, many products had retail price stickers and multiple brands were represented. A national grocer was interested in the brands at our price but was unwilling to list the broad assortment of SKU's and needed a merchandising execution that would fit their store policies. |
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CLT implemented a highly successful marketing program by:
- sorting and cleaning the goods
- applying the same UPC to every SKU
- providing a "one price fits all" retail solution
- creating a retail friendly PDQ to display the brands
- presenting a mix per PDQ that offered the needed product cross section
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