ISSB’s unique approach to inventory balancing supports store-to-store transfers, with brand control. When multiple retailers or distributors suffer imbalances of a given item, the system permits them to efficiently equalize the problem, keeping the inventory where consumers want it, and allows the brand manager to keep the product within approved channels.

 

A typical independent shoe retailer that achieves $1M/year in revenue, can potentially double average profitability with the ISSB system. That’s the result of reducing markdowns, accelerating inventory turns, and moving products to where consumers want them.

 

ISSB’s intellectual property applies to any situation in which multiple nodes possess surpluses and deficiencies of a uniquely-identifiable inventory item, where the rectification of those imbalances can be profitably corrected by an efficient online matching engine.