O-LevelCommerceRetail trade7100/12 · Oct/Nov 2025 · Q371 Mark

A multiple chain retailer is overstocked with unsold goods. Which action can this retailer take to reduce the amount of stock it is holding?

Amove the surplus stock to its profitable stores

Bnegotiate new agreements with suppliers

Copen new stores to be supplied with excess stock

Dorganise seasonal sales in all its stores

✓ Correct answer

D: organise seasonal sales in all its stores

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Topic: Retail trade, O-Level Commerce (syllabus 7100). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
Source: O-Level Commerce, Oct/Nov 2025 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 37.

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