Market competitiveness requires operations with efficiency and productivity. In the retail sector, stock management consolidates as a relevant issue, as it affects the efficiency and productivity of operations. This study aimed to characterize the Brazilian scientific production on stock management in the context of retail, published between 2006 and 2015. The study is exploratory in nature and it involved a bibliographic review of scientific papers published in SciELO and Google Scholar databases. The technique of analysis used was bibliometrics. The results indicate that, among the inventory management practices used, logistic collaboration is the most studied (13% of the sample); 5% of the authors who published on the subject account for 30% of the articles; there is a need to broaden the studies on the subject, using quantitative methods such as field survey.