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Main Course of Mobile Shopping With a Side of Turkey
Thanksgiving weekend has passed, and turkeys weren’t the only things that came in hot. The overconsumption of food and products we may or may not have needed is behind us, and as another frenzy of food and shopping comes to…
Introducing Our Newest Marketplace: Unilever Liquidation Auctions
B-Stock is pleased to announce today the launch of Unilever Liquidation Auctions – the official liquidation channel of AXE, Dove, TRESemmé, Suave, Caress, Degree, Nexxus, Noxzema, Pond’s, Clear, Vaseline, TIGI, Q-Tips, Simple, St. Ives, and Schmidt’s – with more brands…
Returnly announces instant exchanges for Shopify Plus
Returnly last week launched Instant Gift Exchange for Shopify Plus. The program allows gift recipients to select an alternative gift before returning their original gift, according to a company press release. The holiday season is a notorious one for returns: business-to-business marketplace B-Stock reported…
Rethinking Returns As A Vital Touchpoint In The Customer Journey
Ecommerce continues to introduce new shopping activities and more complex overall customer journeys, including shopper interactions that cross multiple retail channels. To thrive in this paradigm, we need to consider returns in the same way that we now see abandoned…
How to Recover from Returns this Holiday Season
This week marks the official kickoff of the holiday season as Thanksgiving gives way to another marathon of deals and shopping. Between Thursday and Monday, an estimated 165.3 million people are planning to shop this week, with some 114.6 million…
Before You Black Friday: The Top Five Gift Flops of 2019
With Black Friday and the endless stream of seemingly good bargains just days away, we’d like to arm you with our “buyer beware” guide before you go hunting for those post-Turkey Day deals. We’ve scoured through piles of returned presents…
Sustainable Secondhand Christmas Is Around The Corner, Says B-Stock Report
According to the world’s largest online B2B platform for returned and excess consumer items, B-Stock Solutions, the secondhand apparel market is growing 21 times faster than the primary market, making secondhand gifts a likely trend this Christmas season. Known to be one of…
You’ve been forewarned, 2019 gift flops
The retail return experts at B-Stock scoured through piles of returned presents and data from top retailers (Amazon, Target, Macy’s, Nordstrom, Walmart, Home Depot, Lowe’s and others) to see what people returned or what just didn’t sell well in stores.…
For Retailers Looking To Score Big This Holiday Shopping Season, Brand Loyalty Is Key
Forty-one percent of Americans are more likely to buy from brands that they love when shopping for gifts during the holiday season, according to Yotpo’s annual brand loyalty survey. And, the majority of consumers consider themselves more brand loyal now…
National Returns Day is Coming…How Does Your Return Policy Stack Up?
After the rush of holiday shopping and the opening of gifts… come the returns. UPS has named January 2, 2020, National Returns Day for the anticipated record-breaking 1.9 million packages to hit their network. Customers send back purchases for a…
Online Retailers: It’s Time To Gear Up For The Condensed Holiday Shopping Season
The 2019 holiday shopping season is shaping up to be another blockbuster year as Adobe Analytics predicts every day in November and December is likely to surpass $1 billion in online sales for the first time ever. With a condensed…
Marketplace Spotlight: Essendant Liquidation Auctions
Have you heard of Essendant? If not, as a small business owner buying on the B-Stock network, you should absolutely get to know them! Essendant Liquidation Auctions is a highly-rated marketplace for all office goods. From ground-up construction equipment to…