Increase recovery without sacrificing velocity

The primary objectives of most liquidation programs should include: maximizing recovery, hitting velocity requirements and protecting the brand. While traditional methods, like selling to a liquidator, may score well on the velocity goal, remarketing to a liquidator will always leave…

Oct 03 2017 · 2 min read

How B-Stock Builds Buyer Demand to Drive Success for Its Sellers

Each year, B-Stock facilitates the movement of billions of dollars worth of returned and overstock inventory via the world’s largest B2B recommerce marketplace. This means, of course, that we sit in the middle of a two-sided network madue up of…

Apr 12 2024 · 14 min read

Facing Down Your Returned & Excess Inventory? Here’s What to Keep in Mind.

What is it that separates top consumer goods brands and retailers from the rest of the pack? Having well-designed, thoroughly tested products is one obvious answer. And there’s definitely something to be said for a helpful and efficient shopping experience,…

Mar 18 2024 · 8 min read

Will Holiday Retail Sales Underdeliver in 2023? Recommerce Solutions Can Help

To many, the passing of Thanksgiving marks the “official” beginning of the holiday shopping season, but for years, the annual Q4 buying rush has been inching forward into the weeks ahead of Black Friday. In fact, one report found that…

Nov 28 2023 · 8 min read

B-Stock Expands its Offering to Tackle Any Resale Challenge

If you’re a professional in the retail or manufacturing space, you probably know what a problem returned and excess inventory can pose to your operations and bottom line. The reverse logistics process required to get these items out of your…

Sep 08 2023 · 9 min read

A Buyer’s Guide to Major Appliances Liquidation Marketplaces

Say goodbye to the traditional appliance liquidators who you’ve dealt with in the past. B-Stock is your new appliance destination!  Keep reading if you are:  An appliances outlet store owner Someone who exports appliances Sourcing parts and salvage appliances  Have…

Feb 24 2023 · 8 min read

Building a Liquidation Strategy: Don’t Count on Large Discounters Alone

Why Your Business Needs to Develop a Diversified Apparel Liquidation Strategy Large discount stores like TJX, Big Lots, Ross, and others have been around for some time now. They’ve become institutions for price conscious consumers. And to their credit, there…

Oct 20 2022 · 6 min read

B-Stock & CTIA Certification Set Grading Standards, Energize the Secondary Mobile Market

Rules and standards are more important to selling trade-in mobile devices on the secondary market than you may think. Here we’ll explore how B-Stock, the world’s leading B2B auction platform, joined an important standardization initiative, and wound up improving sales…

Aug 05 2022 · 6 min read

Apparel Retailers Embrace Circular Economy

Apparel Retailers Embrace Circular Economy The fashion market is changing and shoppers are embracing the circular economy model. Secondhand, returned, overstocked, or otherwise unsold clothes can be quite fashionable and the success of online operations like ThredUp, Shopify, and other…

Apr 08 2022 · 6 min read

How Fast Fashion Impacts the Secondary Retail Market

In the world of fashion and apparel, retailers need to keep the inventory moving. Trends aren’t necessarily annual anymore—or even seasonal. Changes in fashion can now happen weekly, with fast fashion retailers receiving new shipments of clothes every week. Luckily…

Feb 24 2022 · 6 min read

B-STOCK ANNOUNCES ADDITION OF VICE PRESIDENT OF ENGINEERING KEN SHUM

B-Stock Welcomes a New VP to its Leadership Team Belmont, CA, Sep 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — B-Stock, the world’s largest business-to-business marketplace for excess merchandise, today announced the addition of a new hire to its leadership team. Ken Shum…

Sep 16 2021 · 2 min read

(Cycle) Time is Money: Here’s How to Reduce It

When we engage with a customer to discuss how they deal with risk inventory (customer returns, excess, discontinued, etc.) we invariably end up in a conversation about our ability to deal with recovery, volume, and cycle time. Once clearance processes…

Apr 28 2021 · 5 min read