All Articles from Editorial Team

Thankful for B-Stock 2017
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…

Nov 21 2017 · 5 min read

What R2 Certification Means for the Mobile Secondary Market
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…

Nov 16 2017 · 4 min read

Just Say No to Fixed-term Contracts
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…

Nov 14 2017 · 2 min read

Online Retail Sales to Top One Trillion Dollars by 2027
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…

Nov 09 2017 · 3 min read

Holiday Retail Season Kick Off
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…

Nov 02 2017 · 3 min read

A B-Stock Halloween Tale
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…

Oct 31 2017 · 5 min read

How Retailers Increase Recovery Rates for General Merchandise
How Retailers Increase Recovery Rates for General Merchandise

As a leader in online marketplace strategy, B-Stock’s service offerings include a tailored approach for each client on how to increase their recovery rates on liquidation inventory. One of our proven auction strategies includes increasing the buyer base; another is…

Oct 27 2017 · 2 min read

Reports of Mobile Phone Death Greatly Exaggerated
Reports of Mobile Phone Death Greatly Exaggerated

This recent article in Inc. predicted the death of the mobile phone. The author states that, “…by 2025, voicebots will become so prevalent, so powerful, and so useful in all areas of business and our personal lives that we won’t…

Oct 24 2017 · 3 min read

B2B Sales Channel for Returned Appliances Drives Efficiency for Fortune 500 Home Improvement Retailer
B2B Sales Channel for Returned Appliances Drives Efficiency for Fortune 500 Home Improvement Retailer

Challenge A Fortune 500 home improvement retailer was experiencing an increase in customer-returned appliances. The items, which consisted of name-brand washers, dryers, ranges and refrigerators, among other products, were currently being put back on the floor and sold directly to…

Oct 19 2017 · 2 min read

Retail is Dead, Long Live Retail
Retail is Dead, Long Live Retail

What is the future of retail? A recent Business of Fashion article made the observation that, “everyone is talking about the need for disruption, innovation and change, yet most stop well short of actually doing anything about it” and that…

Oct 17 2017 · 3 min read

Webinar: Tackling Holiday Returns
Webinar: Tackling Holiday Returns

Holiday returns are on the horizon, learn how to better tackle them by watching our webinar. Watch Now Return rates typically double around the holidays: one in three holiday purchases are returned, equaling $70 billion in merchandise that must be…

Oct 11 2017 · 2 min read

Global eCommerce Company Doubles Pricing on Returned and Overstock Inventory
Global eCommerce Company Doubles Pricing on Returned and Overstock Inventory

Challenge The European division of a worldwide ecommerce marketplace was selling all of its returned, overstock and other liquidation inventory to a single buyer at an extremely low pre-negotiated price. As pricing dropped to below 10% of retail in key…

Oct 10 2017 · 2 min read