A Month of PetSmart and Staples Shelves

Ora reads retail shelves, store by store, every morning. This is one month of PetSmart and Staples.

The numbers

Every morning Ora reads 1,699 PetSmart stores in the US and Canada and 296 Staples stores in Canada: 43 million store-by-item pairs, each with the units on hand.

On an average day, 212,157 of those pairs sell out or come back in stock. On any given morning, about half are at zero.

43M

store-by-item pairs read every morning

1,995

stores: 1,699 PetSmart, 296 Staples

212K

pairs that sell out or come back each day

One item, one store

This is a Seresto flea and tick collar at the PetSmart in New Castle, PA. It sold out on September 8 and sat empty for three days. It came back with 10, sold out again on September 16, and came back with 18 the next morning.

A listing that said in stock on September 9 would have taken an order the store could not fill. Ora knows what is on the shelf before the order is placed.

Download the month for your own analysis: the daily numbers for both chains, and units on hand at every store, every day, for four items, including this collar. The store lists and full catalogs are in Every Item on PetSmart Shelves and Every Item on Staples Shelves.

Ora delivers this every morning: every store, every item, units on hand. To get it for your stores, email mert@248.ai.