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Melissa Gieringer
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For sale: champions’ chairs. Lightweights need not apply
You won’t be able to claim that it is the chair by the pool on which Michael Phelps sat, or the bed that Britain’s Nicola Adams collapsed on to after boxing her way to a gold medal, but it might…
What happens to the 1.3 million pieces of furniture in the Olympic Village once the Olympics end?
The Olympic Village is made up of 31 buildings that each contain 17 floors. In those 31 buildings, there are 3,604 apartments. In addition to the 10,000 athletes these apartments house during the games, they also provide shelter for the trainers, coaches, and medical…
The Chairs of Rio’s Olympic Champions Have a Secret Second Life
Next time you feel you’re moldering in your office chair, consider that it may secretly have a glamorous history. Since well before the Rio Olympics began, an Australian company has been lining up second homes for the 135,000 chairs, 350 portable massage beds,…
Online Apparel Returns Are Rising – So What’s Your Reverse Logistics Plan?
When it comes to e-commerce, one thing is certain: it brings incredibly high return rates. As billions of dollars of apparel purchases shift from physical stores to the internet, there is an imminent need for e-retailers to figure out how…
As Games Unfold, Olympic Furniture Awaits Next Chapter
Thousands of athletes are staying in the Rio Olympic and Paralympic village, but what happens to all of the furniture after they leave town? One company is working to auction off more than 200,000 of those chairs, tables, beds and…
Jeremy Walton featured on eBay Radio
B-Stock’s Senior Manager of Marketplaces, Jeremy Walton, was a recent guest on eBay Radio. The hosts chatted with Jeremy about The B-Stock Sourcing Network, how our platform benefits eBay sellers and what we learned at eBay OPEN 2016. Listen to…
Olympic athlete furniture up for auction
B-Stock’s CEO Howard Rosenberg was featured on WYFF-TV talking about our role in selling all 1.3 million items from the Rio Olympic Village athlete apartments.
Using Technology to Tackle Excess Wireless Inventory
When it comes to trade-in, returned, damaged and otherwise obsolete wireless inventory slated for the secondary market, it’s extremely important for retail- ers to understand the true value of it and reassess whatever program(s) they have in place. Often there…
Online apparel is booming. What does that mean for returns?
Billions of dollars of apparel sales are moving from brick and mortar to online: the big shift – according to Internet Retailer – occurred last year when web sales of apparel grew 20.4% versus 1% for physical stores. In one…
B-Stock Solutions Selected as a “2016 Great Supply Chain Partner” by SupplyChainBrain Magazine
B-Stock Solutions, a technology-enabled service provider powering the largest network of B2B liquidation marketplaces, has been named one of SupplyChainBrain magazine’s “100 Great Supply Chain Partners” for the second year in a row. B-Stock was nominated by one of its…
Photos: Own the ultimate Olympic souvenirs
B-Stock Solutions will auction furniture from the athlete apartments after the Olympics and Paralympics. The furniture will be sold in bulk in 40 foot long containers. Need 2,500 trash cans? This is the place to be. The design concept is…
Olympic Village: Inside look at where the athletes will live during Rio Games
It will take 135,000 chairs, 18,000 bed spaces and 3,500 apartments to house athletes in the Olympic Village in Rio de Janeiro. And Paul Ramler, CEO of RGSEvents had a hand in designing them all, like he has in pretty…