As a customer I don't really care about that kind of thing -- if a store consistently doesn't have stuff I need I'm just going to go somewhere else. This issue

As a customer I don't really care about that kind of thing -- if a store consistently doesn't have stuff I need I'm just going to go somewhere else. This issue strikes me as short sighted thinking by bean counters. It might save money in the short term, but you're going to lose customers and employees this way.