All Articles from Editorial Team

eBay Open – Las Vegas, NV – July 23 – July 25
eBay Open – Las Vegas, NV – July 23 – July 25

The B-Stock team is heading to eBay Open in Las Vegas, NV, July 23 – 25. The show is made of up three days of workshops and events where eBay sellers come to get innovative, hear cutting-edge content, and learn…

Jul 02 2019 · 1 min read

B-Stock: Connecting Retail Buyers to Sellers with No Middleman
B-Stock: Connecting Retail Buyers to Sellers with No Middleman

B-Stock was founded a little over 10 years ago and since then has become the world’s leading liquidation platform that moves billions of dollars worth of returned, excess, and other liquidation inventory from the largest retailers. Much of that success…

Jul 01 2019 · 5 min read

Shipping: Common Freight Terms
Shipping: Common Freight Terms

Shipping is a critical component of the buying process. And if the land of liquidation isn’t new enough for you, enter the world of freight. You will soon discover there are words and terms you may have never heard before!…

Jun 25 2019 · 4 min read

Digital Flipbook: Five Ways To Offset Loss For Excess Inventory + Protect Your Brand
Digital Flipbook: Five Ways To Offset Loss For Excess Inventory + Protect Your Brand

When it comes to excess merchandise challenges – due to store closures or high rates of shelf pulls, overstocks, and customer returns – every retailer and manufacturer should have a secondary market solution. The best ones allow for a fast…

Jun 25 2019 · 1 min read

2019 Update on Overstocked Home Furnishings
2019 Update on Overstocked Home Furnishings

Quick Facts on Home Improvement Stores: Generated $188.0 billion in revenue in 2018 Annual growth rate averaging 1.9% for the five years to 2019 Growth of 0.9% projected for the next five years (data provided by IBISWorld) The Home Furnishings…

Jun 21 2019 · 3 min read

French Retailers Must Seek Alternative to Destroying Unsold Goods
French Retailers Must Seek Alternative to Destroying Unsold Goods

The French government recently passed a law that will require retailers and manufacturers to donate, reuse, or recycle unsold goods. This new law, which goes into effect 2023, will have a deep impact on the current practice of destroying unsold…

Jun 18 2019 · 2 min read

B-Stock Hosts Panel at Reverse Logistics Association European Summit 2019
B-Stock Hosts Panel at Reverse Logistics Association European Summit 2019

B-Stock is headed to Amsterdam June 27 & 28 for the Reverse Logistics Association’s European Summit. The show is focused on reverse logistics and the circular economy (something we’re proud to support with our web-based liquidation solution). There are a…

Jun 12 2019 · 2 min read

4 Tips to Become an Online ‘Power Seller’
4 Tips to Become an Online ‘Power Seller’

The popularity of the resale industry continues to pick up steam. In fact, according to a recent resale report by ThredUp (an online consignment and thrift store), the apparel resale market is expected to reach $51 billion by 2023. This…

Jun 11 2019 · 3 min read

Real-Time Reimbursements Boost Online Shopping Satisfaction
Real-Time Reimbursements Boost Online Shopping Satisfaction

As consumers grow accustomed to digital shopping and mobile ordering, slow transactions can make or break the customer experience. That’s why real-time payments and fund disbursements have become so important across industries. While digital fund disbursements clearly can affect insurance…

Jun 07 2019 · 1 min read

Retail Waste Backlash Provides eCommerce Opportunity
Retail Waste Backlash Provides eCommerce Opportunity

Waste is becoming ever more of a vice, especially among younger consumers, and now regulators. And that seems likely to create new opportunities for certain types of online merchants. While online liquidation is nothing new, of course, it’s gaining force and…

Jun 07 2019 · 1 min read

Launching a Private Liquidation Marketplace with B-Stock: What to Expect
Launching a Private Liquidation Marketplace with B-Stock: What to Expect

When you partner with B-Stock on a B2B liquidation solution, you can solve many problems at once: reduce warehouse space, increase pricing on your liquidation inventory, and keep supply chains moving. Before that can happen though, there are a few…

Jun 06 2019 · 3 min read

Mobile Secondary Market: Q1 2019 Insights
Mobile Secondary Market: Q1 2019 Insights

The world’s largest wireless manufacturers, carriers, and trade-in companies are currently leveraging B-Stock’s B2B marketplace platform for their trade-in and excess mobile devices and accessories. Across our network of mobile marketplaces over 3 million phones and 5 million accessories are…

Jun 04 2019 · 1 min read