Author name: Elara Voskian
Elara Voskian is a retail anthropologist and former 99 Cents Only Stores district operations specialist with 14 years of frontline and managerial experience. She holds a certification in Value-Retail Supply Chain Optimization and has advised three regional discount chains on inventory turnover and loss prevention. Her fieldwork includes ethnographic studies across 212 store locations, making her a leading voice on dollar-store consumer behavior, private-label strategy, and hyper-localized merchandising.