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Sales & Retail vocabulary · Merchandising & Stock

Facing up

Meaning in sales & retail, with examples

nounCommon term

In sales & retail, facing up means: Bringing products to the front of shelves and turning them towards shoppers to keep the display orderly.

In Turkish: ürünleri rafın önüne çekip düzeltme

How it is used

Use for tidying the visible shelf presentation; it can happen without adding new stock.

Example sentences

  1. Facing up the cereal aisle made the partly empty shelves look orderly before opening.

    The action adjusts the position of stock that is already on the shelf.

  2. While facing up, the assistant found several tins turned away from the customer.

    Turning labels forward improves the clarity of the product display.

Common collocations

  • facing up shelves
  • finish facing up
  • planogramA diagram that shows exactly where each product should be placed on a shelf or display, including how many items face the customer.
  • restockTo fill shelves or a shop again with new supplies of goods that have been sold, or to order more of a product.

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