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Universal Conditioning Codes for the Mobile Secondary Market
The mobile secondary market is in the early stages of development. New rules are currently being written and it’s important to stay current with the latest information. What is decided today will have an impact on how business is conducted…
Viable Remarketing Options for Specialty Apparel Retailers
It’s a question many consumers don’t think about, but it’s a concern for all apparel brands and retailers: what to do with returned clothes? For most retailers, returned clothes means a loss to the bottom line for a few reasons.…
2017 In Review: B-Stock by the Numbers
Looking back on 2017, it’s been a good year for B-Stock; perhaps one fit for the record books. We’ve experienced tremendous growth and literally expanded our footprint by opening an office in Orlando, FL. And it was in Orlando where…
How to Maximize Recovery for Returned Merchandise
The current trend for retailers, who want to stay competitive with Amazon, is to provide liberal return policies. When retailers provide an easy and quick means for customers to return a product, it can drive loyalty and ongoing business. According…
If they buy it, then you need to ship it
Have you ever ordered something online and it never arrived? Despite tracking numbers and text confirmations, your online order is never fully considered “delivered” until it’s in your hands. Buying something online has turned into a waiting game to see…
Your Local Liquidator Can’t Compete with an Online Solution
The retail industry is steeped with historical best practices going back hundreds of years. Traditionally speaking, retail has been a slow moving industry where not much has changed over the decades, including the use of a single, local liquidator who…
Thankful for B-Stock 2017
What’s not to love about Thanksgiving? Any holiday that focuses primarily on family and feasting is good with us! This year’s Turkey Day post is all about what our team is thankful for (don’t worry, the usual post about Black…
What R2 Certification Means for the Mobile Secondary Market
The current mobile phone market is growing exponentially and the rules are quickly changing. This is especially true for the secondary market, which alone is worth $25 billion. Let this data soak in: there’s an estimated 4.6 billion cell phones…
Just Say No to Fixed-term Contracts
We get that signing a fixed-term contract with a major liquidator or handful of buyers can provide a certain sense of relief: a signed contract virtually guarantees a predictable removal time for all of your excess stock. However, fixed-term contracts…
Online Retail Sales to Top One Trillion Dollars by 2027
Do the math on what that means for returns…. While the retail apocalypse rages on for brick and mortar stores, research shows that online sales are booming: volume is expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of…
Holiday Retail Season Kick Off
Goodbye jack o’lanterns and Halloween candy; hello holiday shopping season! November 1 marked the official start of the holidays: that special time of year when retailers hope to incentivize shoppers to spend, spend, spend. Though Thanksgiving weekend is when the…
A B-Stock Halloween Tale
It was a dark and stormy afternoon on October 31. B-Stock’s San Francisco office was wrapping up its work to prepare for that evening’s company Halloween party. Similar activities were taking place in the Boston, Salt Lake City and Florida…