I helped open a small format store that (at the time) had no GSTL, or any GSAs, only a GE. I remember opening the cabinets to see the tiny defect bins and the tiny red bins for sorting reshop and laughing hysterically. One bin for softlines, one for market, and one for everything else. Stuff rapidly piled up on the counter above the cabinets, particularly as we got returns from the nearest store of a bunch of things we didn't normally stock. I'd spend all day calling and calling for reshop and I'd call the GE to ask if there was anyone specific I could grab - you can't call specific departments because there aren't specific departments - and the next morning, still a mountain, more mountain. I haven't been back since they opened, I'm curious how it's going. I tried coordinating with the GE to make sure they passed on to whatever GSTL/GSA that there had to be strict procedures in place - the moment a defective bin is full, it closes and switches out. It's like the size of a few shoeboxes, you can't wait until the end of the day and box everything up. I think I also posed the question of "do we repackage it or just defect it if we don't stock it" because it's not like a small format store has any extra space for random clearance endcaps. Never got an answer, but it was more "here's something you should probably figure out" for them.
That turned into nostalgic venting. Basically, it's a small format store, there's nowhere to put anything but on the floor, so whoever is watching the front has to be SUPER proactive about making sure stuff gets taken away and dealt with. You just can't have the same habits as you do at a regular store. Oh, there were also like pencil case sized bins for beauty and... something else? I'd get a thing of stray mascara and just run the ten feet and put it away. A few foundations and I'd be overflowing.
edit: to clarify, at the one I was at, there was the service desk, and behind it there was a long counter with maybe 10 cabinets underneath that held pretty much everything front end. Bags, gift cards, checklane supplies, etc. It's not like a regular store where you can keep a stash nearby but have more of it in the backroom or in some other storage place.