destock

/ˌdiːˈstɒk/ verb [I or T]

Definition

› COMMERCE to reduce the amount of stock (= goods kept available to sell), or the amount of materials for making new products: Retailers will be destocking previous versions of the product in the months before the new version is launched.

destocking noun [U] › Cosmetic companies are claiming that destocking by retailers is to blame for their poor financial results.

(Definition of destock verb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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