assortment versus availability

physical space is the constraint . data and insights can optimise the returns.

average time spent on bench for a product can be a good indicator to optimise when you consider all products same.

otherwise products sould be ranked based on profit margin and criticality and then a weighted time spent can be a good indicator.

examples

1. Blinkit used to have around 6k products in general and darkstores had around 1k to 2k products.
2. Border had 1 lakh titles compared to 10k by the local book store.