09:21 Jan 29 

I agree, "démarque" was "démarque inconnue" in this context.

08:50 Jan 29 

The definitions of surmarque and démarque connue/inconnue in the glossary you link to have nothing to do with markup and markdown. Those terms are about price with respect to cost and original price. The French terms are being used to describe *inventory adjustments*; see in http://www.retailsystems.com/retail-pos-dictionary.cfm#s. Démarque inconnue corresponds to (the value of) shrinkage; démarque connue, to breakage (and similar); and surmarque would therefore include a laundry list of *positive* inventory adjustments. "Negative shrinkage" gets some relevant Ghits and may be the best match.

19:01 Jan 27 

Sorry!

http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/overage.html

18:55 Jan 27 

answer ?

13:41 Jan 26 

To clarify:

The company in question uses "démarque" for "shrinkage", and I think "surmarque" is the opposite, i.e. it's a classification of products where there is the most shrinkage and those where there is the most surplus.

See this definition:

http://www.definitions-marketing.com/Definition-Surmarque

I don't think prices are involved. Does "markup" still fit in this context? I've asked the client in case they use a specific term.