Restocking (and selling!) with the Loreen Inventory Control System
First one of these I've seen still in the book that made its way downstream into a second-hand market. It should have stayed with the bookstore when the book sold per instructions on the card. This is an inventory control card—the key piece in the Loreen® Inventory Control System (as stated on the card) for reordering books. Instructions at the top of the card inform a bookstore worker how to insert it into the last copy of a book as a flag to the cashier to restock that book. The system’s namesake, Loreen, is an elusive figure or name applied to the system. Research comes up empty on the origin, but the system was a proprietary, trademarked inventory method (indicated by the ® symbol next to the name on the card) likely named after a creator, a company founder's family member, or a stylized trade name. As to why Loreen’s card stayed with the book instead of the cashier, a couple of reasons could account for that. One, the card was not placed in the book where th...