Frame Turn Rate Benchmarks for Canadian Independents (And How to Get There with 600 SKUs)
Merchandising & Inventory · Report · 26 min read
Frame Turn Rate Benchmarks for Canadian Independents (And How to Get There with 600 SKUs)
Industry benchmarks call for 2.0–2.5 frame turns per year. Reality for many Canadian independents is 1.2–1.5 — meaning 15–25% of board is deadstock by month 12. This report uses Peaks’ own anonymized order data to publish turn-rate benchmarks by region, by store size, and by category.
Status Full version publishing Q2 2026 alongside the inaugural Pulse Report.
What this report covers
- Turn-rate benchmarks: median, P25, P75 across Canadian independents
- Benchmarks by region: ON, QC, BC, AB, Atlantic, Prairies
- Benchmarks by category: optical vs sun, men’s vs women’s, material mix
- The 4 operational moves that lift a 1.4-turn board to 2.2
- Deadstock liquidation playbook
- Par-level math for 600–1,200 SKU dispensaries
Outline
- Why turn rate is the right KPI
- Methodology & data sources
- Canadian benchmarks — the headline numbers
- Regional variation
- Category-level patterns
- The 4 operational moves
- Deadstock liquidation playbook
- Setting par levels
Sources
- Peaks Optical Solutions anonymized order data, 2024–2025
- Review of Optometric Business — Inventory Management
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