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Best Practices Retailers can Take for Loss Prevention
Retail warehouses are currently stocked up on inventory in anticipation of the coming 2018 Holiday Shopping Season. However, with inventories at full peak, opportunities for theft become tempting; this is a serious issue in the retail industry. According to the…
Five Trends Every Retailer Should Know about the Holidays
Retailers are gearing up for another record year of holiday sales. This post provides a quick look at the stats behind the Where, What, and Why of projected consumer spending habits for the 2018 Holiday Retail Season. (source: RetailMeNot’s 2018…
B-Stock at Consumer Returns Luncheon – Nashville, TN – Oct 22 – 24, 2018
B-Stock is headed to Nashville, TN from October 22-24 for the Consumer Returns Conference 2018. While at the conference, B-Stock will be hosting a luncheon for attendees that includes a discussion on how retailers and manufacturers can better prepare for…
B-Stock at RLA Conference & Expo – Amsterdam – Oct 15 – 17, 2018
Save the date to join us for the Reverse Logistics Association’s Circular Economy Conference in Amsterdam October 15-17, 2018. Starting on the evening of the 15th with a reception, the two-day event begins on the 16th and will contain reverse…
Projected 2018 U.S. Halloween Retail Spending
Quick Facts People who celebrate Halloween will spend an average of $86.79 175 million Americans plan to partake in Halloween festivities $9 billion in sales projected for Halloween 2018 45% of survey respondents said they are going to shop at…
Retail Inventories Increase Based on Big Holiday Sales Projections
For retailers, talk of the holiday season begins when it’s still beach weather. Strategizing for inventory, logistics, sales, and marketing are focused on months in advance (and now that we’re officially into Fall, returns-management strategy has a place at the…
Dollar Stores Continue to Thrive in a Good Economy
Wall Street expected sales at Dollar General to drop as the economy approved. As people gained financial confidence, the expectation was they would ‘trade up’ to Target or one of the big box retail chains. Instead, Dollar General (DG) reported…
The Hot 100 Retailers
The STORES Hot 100 Retailers list was recently published; this annual list ranks the nation’s fastest-growing retail companies by year-over-year domestic sales growth. The top nine out of 10 all represent different retail segments (an indicator that growth is due…
B-Stock’s Expertise on Secondary Market Appliances
B-Stock operates the world’s largest network of B2B marketplaces for excess and scratch + dent appliances. Our platform connects major retailers and brands directly to vetted secondary market appliance buyers around the globe. By partnering with us you’ll also have…
Apparel Retailers to Expand Efforts in the Secondary Market
It’s no longer an industry secret that certain apparel retailers (in the past) would prefer to burn or trash unsold and returned merchandise than resell through secondary channels. However, the times are changing and major brands are facing public and…
The Connected Future – Takeaways from MWCA ‘18: Part I
This is the first post of our three-part takeaway series from MWCA 2018. In this post, we discuss The Connected Future and what 5G will bring; including how it will provide a lift for both AI and VR technologies. Part…
Mobile Retail Sales, 5G, AI & Social Data – Takeaways from MWCA ‘18: Part II
This is the second post of our three-part takeaway series from MWCA 2018. In Part I, we discussed The Connected Future and what 5G will bring; including how it will provide a lift for both AI and VR technologies. In…