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I've noticed that the stock levels in my local GW store are low, pretty much just no Space Marine kits at all, the blisters are also next to nothing on both 40k and WHFB and Lord of the RIngs has taken a turn for the worse as well? I know that a while ago the walls in the store were screaming with blisters and the shelves chock full of kits, what's happening? are the GW stores struggling to keep up with all the kits?

I'm having the same problem, except with Guard. My local never has the kits I would like in stock (and so off to the internet I go). There is though, far less kits/blisters on the shelves than as of say... 5 years ago. Its probably something to do with GW making less of the kits, or only making more of the kits when people have a need for them. This saves them a problem of 'excess kits' and so saves them small amounts of money.

GW brought in a plan a couple of years ago to keep overstocking under control by better POS information and by rationalising the amount of stock they carry in shops.

They now concentrate on the most popular and core items like boxed sets, and customers are expected to order other stuff and get it delivered.

Edinburgh was pretty bad also,so I just gave up going to it.Blister racks seemed to be either not
replenished or were being deliberately run down.They used to have a well stocked selection of blisters, now
I suspect that because of the recent hike,they may be finding it hard to sell them.

It's the same in the Leicester GW store..I went to buy some Sisters stuff today because I felt the urge to paint some nice models, and to my astonishment there wasn't a single sisters model or tank in stock at all!