unsold goods; leftover stock
Refers to merchandise that remains unsold, often at the end of a season or after a sales period. Commonly used in retail and business contexts.
We sold the leftover stock cheaply at the year-end sale.
This store is disposing of unsold goods in bulk.
売れ残り is a more colloquial term for unsold items, often with a nuance of being undesirable, whereas 仕舞物 is a neutral business term.
Standard kanji spelling for this noun.
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially when the kanji 仕舞 is less familiar.
Compound of 仕舞 (しまい, 'end' or 'finish') and 物 (もの, 'thing'), literally 'end-of-period goods'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term likely arose in merchant contexts to describe items left over after a sales period.