Retail stocktaking: accurate stock without disrupting operations
Turn stocktaking into a retail performance driver. Fast, reliable stocktakes delivered without interrupting business activity or unnecessarily tying up your teams.
Fair stock, guaranteed sales
Stocktakes calibrated to the pace of retail
In retail, every stock discrepancy directly affects the customer experience and sales performance.
Fairson supports fashion, telecoms, home décor, perfumery, footwear, childcare and specialist retailers with fast, accurate stocktakes designed to integrate seamlessly into daily operations. With trained teams and digital counting tools, we secure your stock data while preserving business continuity.
Continuous reliability
Your challenges, our solutions: reliable stock data for better retail decisions
Anticipate discrepancies and optimise availability.
Fairson enables more accurate, fairer decision-making through dependable stock data, day after day.
Closing gaps to improve performance
Inaccurate stock leads to stock-outs, poor visibility and lost revenue. Our approach strengthens stock data to:
- Ensure optimal product availability
- Prevent stock-outs and overstocks
- Facilitate e-commerce and in-store trade-offs
- Support replenishment and range management decisions
Accurate data with immediate visibility
Each stocktake delivers clear, structured reporting ready for immediate use. Our platform provides:
- Full traceability of the count
- Results available immediately after completion
- Compatibility with your internal systems for rapid updates
A trusted retail partner
Why choose Fairson for retail stocktaking?
Field-proven retail expertise.
Our teams understand your constraints and adapt each assignment to your store size, product mix and commercial priorities.
Established retail know-how
For more than 30 years, we have supported retail brands across consumer sectors including fashion, sports, beauty, home, leisure and childcare. Our teams understand store rhythms, space constraints and in-store operational requirements.
Europe-wide delivery capability
Operating across France, Belgium, Spain, Italy and Portugal, as well as the French West Indies and French Guiana, we manage stocktaking campaigns across single or multiple sites with consistent quality standards.
A trusted third party for recurring stocktakes
We manage annual stocktakes, balance sheet inventories and one-off assignments. Our processes adapt to your schedule, even during sensitive periods. We act as your on-site eyes and report directly to management.
Customer testimonials
Trusted by retail brands across Europe
Discover how our customers optimise retail operations with fast, reliable stocktakes and zero operational disruption.
I have an inventory of my stores made each time I leave and return from my holidays"
The work delivered by Fairson is solid and offers good value for money. Most providers are broadly comparable on the technical side, and the job is not easy given the level of procedure. With Fairson, the human relationship really matters."
For me, Fairson’s strengths are the attention paid to the customer, their constantly evolving tools and their reliability. They do not rest on their laurels and regularly propose improvements to stocktaking procedures. Twice a year, I entrust them with the stocktakes for my 20 stores in France, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Italy and Spain."
With Fairson, I have one dedicated point of contact. That proximity improves the quality of our exchanges and, as a result, responsiveness. Their in-house IT department is also a real advantage, confirmed when I visited their headquarters in Challans: they are exceptionally well structured."
The inventory manager represents us at our customers’ premises, so the quality of the relationship during delivery is essential. I would describe them as a supportive partner in delivering stocktakes—high-quality services. Working with Fairson saves our sales representatives time, and the results are more reliable because they are fully objective."
Fairson is large enough to work across several sites throughout France, but not so large that you lose direct contact—that is what sets them apart. I appreciate their reliability, availability and flexibility."
Fairson is my sole provider for stocktaking the technical equipment in my stores. Their nationwide availability and professionalism make them a reliable company I would happily recommend."
With Fairson, the technical side is there, but it is more workable than with others: there is real listening and a relationship that feels like a partnership. Fairson genuinely takes customer requirements into account, as well as the social side of stocktaking—for example by pooling teams across several brands."
Team availability, traceability of information, flexibility and trust: we work very well with Fairson in a spirit of shared understanding. Fairson is truly customer-focused—always attentive and proactive. Competence, know-how, technical expertise… it’s a pleasure to work with them."
Fairson delivers the level of quality I expect. My teams also report that stocktakes run smoothly within our mixed procedures (twice a year): professionalism of the inventory managers, quality of the toolset, reporting, and so on."
Ready to make your retail stocktaking more reliable?
Choose rigorous counting tailored to your stores, delivered with neutrality, immediate reporting and France- and Europe-wide coverage.
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Fairson operates across a wide range of sectors including retail, large-format distribution, industry, healthcare, culture and leisure, adapting our services to each environment’s specific constraints.