All Articles from Editorial Team

A Look at Sales, Safety, and Strategies for European Apparel Retailers
A Look at Sales, Safety, and Strategies for European Apparel Retailers

As the effects of COVID-19 spread around the world, different product categories were disproportionately affected, and the fashion industry was hit particularly hard across Europe as only essential goods were selling. As retailers begin to open over the next few…

May 21 2020 · 2 min read

Introducing B-Stock’s Newest European Marketplace: Porta Möbel Trade Auctions
Introducing B-Stock’s Newest European Marketplace: Porta Möbel Trade Auctions

B-Stock is pleased to announce the launch of Porta Möbel Trade Auctions– the official liquidation channel of the Germany-based retailer for household furniture. This B2B marketplace gives qualified European business buyers direct access to bulk quantities of overstock and customer…

May 19 2020 · 1 min read

Watch Webinar: Strategies for Excess  Apparel, During + Post COVID
Watch Webinar: Strategies for Excess Apparel, During + Post COVID

As apparel stores begin to reopen across Europe, it’s likely excess stock is growing in warehouses that will need to be sorted out. Clearance sales aren’t going to be enough, and discount  retailers likely won’t have the capacity or cash…

May 19 2020 · 1 min read

Meet B-Stock’s Grade A Award Winners for Q1!
Meet B-Stock’s Grade A Award Winners for Q1!

We’re proud to announce our Grade A Award winners for Q1 2020! These individuals were nominated by their peers in the categories of: Core Values: nominees must demonstrate behavior, actions, and attitude that exemplify honesty & integrity, intelligence & curiosity,…

May 15 2020 · 4 min read

As Apparel Sales Drop, a Pile of Overstock Rises
As Apparel Sales Drop, a Pile of Overstock Rises

It wasn’t that long ago that we were talking about post-holiday returns and what apparel retailers could do to tackle them. Holiday returns seem like small potatoes compared to the impact of COVID-19: today, apparel retailers are facing a mounting…

May 14 2020 · 3 min read

Watch Webinar: Solving for Excess Apparel, During COVID
Watch Webinar: Solving for Excess Apparel, During COVID

As stores begin to reopen, apparel retailers are sitting on billions of dollars in inventory that will need to be sorted out. Clearance sales aren’t going to cut it, and off-price retailers likely won’t have the capacity (or cash) to…

May 12 2020 · 1 min read

To all the moms out there: Happy Mother’s Day!
To all the moms out there: Happy Mother’s Day!

It’s no secret: moms ROCK. In honor of Mother’s Day this Sunday, we asked employees to share some sweet sentiments about what makes their mom – or the mom of their kid(s) – so great. Here is what our team…

May 08 2020 · 4 min read

Mobile Digest: Q1 2020 Insights
Mobile Digest: Q1 2020 Insights

We’ve compiled data from across our B2B mobile marketplaces and plugged it into the Mobile Digest for Q1 2020, which features:  The impact COVID-19 had on the mobile secondary market Month-over-month pricing trends across top iPhone models  Pricing behavior across…

May 06 2020 · 1 min read

Is Off-Price Off the Table Post Covid-19?
Is Off-Price Off the Table Post Covid-19?

As the forced closure of nonessential businesses swept the nation, apparel retailers were put in a difficult position. With the shuttering of countless stores, it’s become clear that once the quarantine is over, there will be a massive amount of…

May 01 2020 · 3 min read

Coping with COVID: B-Stock Sees Changes in Procurement
Coping with COVID: B-Stock Sees Changes in Procurement

B-Stock helps clients liquidate excess inventory, including through branded marketplaces and its own B-Stock Supply platform where sellers procure inventory to resell. B-Stock’s retail sellers must address changes in buyer demand caused by the coronavirus pandemic, and they’re also finding…

Apr 29 2020 · 1 min read

A Strategy for Surplus Apparel Post COVID-19
A Strategy for Surplus Apparel Post COVID-19

In the month since apparel retailers and department stores were forced to shutter their doors, it seems as though fashion—and time—have stopped moving. Between stay-at-home orders and the movement of only essential goods, the fashion industry is on the brink of…

Apr 28 2020 · 2 min read

Reading Retail’s Tea Leaves Via Retail’s Resale Market
Reading Retail’s Tea Leaves Via Retail’s Resale Market

Given the massive and in many cases seismic shifts in the retail landscape because of the coronavirus pandemic, it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that retail’s shadow side of B2B overstock sales and liquidation is also rapidly shifting. Demand for…

Apr 27 2020 · 1 min read