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Melissa Gieringer
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Apple Finally Did Something About Planned Obsolescence
Apple’s stance against planned obsolescence is bearing fruit. B-Stock, which claims the title of world’s largest business-to-business marketplace for trade-in phones, announced on Tuesday that the iPhone X had overtaken the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus as the most sold…
Six Retail Tech Trends To Watch For 2019 That Go Beyond Competing Against Amazon
Tech to compete against a disruptive Amazon will continue to be central to the retail play of 2019. But it isn’t the only thing driving what will makes retailers’ tech shopping list. While you can expect to see more holographic 3D images…
B-Stock featured on CNBC
The rising cost of retail returns is something B-Stock has alway paid attention to (heck, we built a company around how to help solve for it!) and with the shift to ecommerce, it seems like more people are talking about…
That sweater you don’t like is a trillion-dollar problem for retailers. These companies want to fix it
As online sales boom, there’s an inevitable side effect: More merchandise is getting returned, boosting costs and complexity for retailers. The shift can be staggering. Eric Moriarty, vice president of B-Stock Solutions, a liquidation marketplace said as e-commerce becomes a bigger…
An Increase in Returns Combined with High Demand for Used Goods
As customer returns increase, more retailers and brands are turning to secondary market channels like B2B marketplaces to sell the stock in bulk directly to eBay, Amazon, Poshmark and other B2C marketplace sellers. What’s more, much of the inventory will…
These were the most returned gifts this holiday season
This holiday’s stinker gifts include some fashion flops and electronics fads that seem to have run their course. Among the top 10 most returned gifts are women’s tops with bell sleeves and boots with fringes, according to B-Stock Solutions, a liquidation…
Hurry up — you’ve only got a couple of weeks to return holiday gifts to some retailers
Holiday shopping may be a distant memory, but consumers are still busy. Return season started earlier than ever this year and is just hitting its stride. Consumers spent more than $850 billion this holiday season — the strongest year in six years…
Holiday Returns Already Are Flooding Parcel Networks
As online retailers ship out loads of goods this season, parcel carriers already are lugging many of those purchases back on the reverse trip. Of the 800 million packages United Parcel Service Inc. expects to deliver this holiday season, more than…
Everybody Liquidates. Especially after the holidays.
Relaxed return policies and record online spending are leading to historical amounts of returned goods; and it’s at a huge cost to retailers: this year around $400 billion in merchandise will come back. Holiday returns in particular pack a punch…
Tis the Season…For Holiday Returns
Holiday returns are a lot like the Grinch: out to steal your Christmas cheer. Considering 13% of holiday purchases are returned each year, there’s no denying their inevitable arrival in the weeks following December 25. This season in particular is…
Resellers Find Treasure Trove In Returned Goods
The holiday season brings in a staggering number of returns for eCommerce sales: According to estimates from CBRE, online returns could reach $37 billion amid the gift-giving season. Some of those unwanted items, however, don’t end up being resold by retailers themselves.…
Walgreens to sell overstock, returns via B2B marketplace
Walgreens and partner B-Stock have unveiled Walgreen Liquidation Auctions, an online B2B marketplace that sells overstock merchandise and products that have been returned by customers to qualified business buyers, according to a B-Stock blog post. The marketplace, which features items such…