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Make it Count: Boost Sales This Short Holiday Season
This year will be the shortest holiday season since 2013. With Thanksgiving falling on the last Thursday of the month, it shaves off nearly a week of shopping days before Christmas. According to a new survey from RetailMeNot, only 1…
Are You Ready For A Blockbuster Halloween Shopping Season? Here’s How To Prepare.
Halloween consumer spending is expected to reach near-record highs again this year, according to the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) annual survey. Americans are expected to spend an average of $86.27, or $8.8 billion total, which equates to the third-largest amount…
Is Your Retail Business Prepared To Handle The Backlash Of Unprecedented Returns This Holiday Shopping Season?
For many retailers, the holiday shopping season can account for up to 30 percent of total annual revenue. While that’s an incredible windfall in a short amount of time, the holidays also see an uptick in returns as people send…
Meet B-Stock at Consumer Returns in Austin, TX: October 21 – 23
B-Stock is heading to Consumer Returns in Austin, October 21-23. This tradeshow is the premier annual event for operations, logistics, returns management, asset protection and customer experience executives responsible for driving revenue through returns reduction and efficient returns management. Join…
Meet B-Stock at Mobile World Congress Americas – Los Angeles – October 22-24
B-Stock will be at this year’s MWC Americas show and we hope to see you! Feel free to stop by anytime to talk to us about buying and selling trade-in and excess phones at scale. Visit us at booth #5137…
Getting into the Secondhand Clothing Game
The Kardashians are no strangers to keeping up with current trends. In fact, jumping on the lucrative apparel resale bandwagon, they recently announced the launch of Kardashian Kloset. While the secondhand fashion market is expected to double in the next…
Product Returns: One Size Does Not Fit All
Online selling has many advantages, but not when it comes to product returns. The average return rate is three times higher for online purchases than those made at brick-and-mortar retailers. Melissa Gieringer spent the last eight years working at online…
4 Ways to Combat Shopping Cart Abandonment
A staggering $4.6 trillion is lost each year to shopping cart abandonment. This is when shoppers add products to their online cart but leave the site before they actually buy the items. So when it comes to closing online sales……
2019’s Best Foldable Phones + What To Do With Trade-Ins Of Older Models
Until recently, foldable cell phones had been more a figment of future tech imagination than an actual consumer product on store shelves. But 2019 has changed all that with the expected release of a number of foldable cell phone models,…
How Retailers Can Guard Against Serial Returners
According to research conducted by Brightpearl, an omnichannel retail management software company, 44 percent of United States retailers have seen an uptick in serial returns over the last year. Serial returners—those who frequently buy and return clothing or merchandise—can wreak…
B-Stock Marketplace: Bensons and Harveys Clearance Auctions
B-Stock is pleased to announce the launch of Bensons and Harveys Clearance Auctions – the official – and combined – liquidation channel of UK-based furniture retailer Harveys and leading bed retailer, Bensons for Beds. This B2B marketplace will give qualified…
Solving The Expensive Problem Of High Returns In The Consumer Electronics Industry
According to a survey from TechSee reported by Chain Store Age, 41 percent of buyers returned a non-defective consumer electronics item in the last 12 months, citing reasons like frustration with packaging and confusion during unboxing or initial use. Consumer…