Club retail looks great on the sales report. Big purchase orders. Big pallet drops. Big displays. Big packs moving fast through high-volume doors. Then the deductions hit. That’s when the math starts to feel a little less exciting. Club retail deductions don’t behave exactly like grocery deductions, drug deductions, or even big-box deductions. The volume is heavier. The packs are larger. The seasonal buys are sharper. The return exposure can be painful. And when something goe