Repurposing the American Mall

Repurposing the American Mall

America’s first enclosed shopping center opened in 1950 in Seattle followed by the Northland Center in Detroit in 1954. Jump to the present day and America has nearly 12,000 malls. Consider this: retail square feet per capita in the U.S.…

Jan 23 2018 · 3 min read

Logistics: in the event of a natural disaster, are you (and your vendors) prepared? 
Logistics: in the event of a natural disaster, are you (and your vendors) prepared? 

There were 15 natural disasters in 2017 that cost $1 billion or more. All were linked to weather and climate…

Jan 18 2018 · 4 min read

B-Stock heads to NRF 2018: Jan 14-16 in NYC
B-Stock heads to NRF 2018: Jan 14-16 in NYC

No better way to kick off the New Year than by heading out to New York City for NRF 2018:…

Jan 12 2018 · 2 min read

Holiday Returns: 5 Things You Should Know
Holiday Returns: 5 Things You Should Know

Welcome to retail returns season: the time of year when ugly sweaters, problematic consumer electronics, noisy toys, and ill-fitting shoes…

Dec 26 2017 · 2 min read

Dealing with Holiday Returns: The Case for Technology-Based Liquidation
Dealing with Holiday Returns: The Case for Technology-Based Liquidation

B-Stock’s Eric Moriarty spoke to Talking Logistics about the headache of holiday returns. Learn why having an efficient liquidation solution…

Dec 20 2017 · 1 min read

How to Maximize Recovery for Returned Merchandise
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…

Dec 19 2017 · 3 min read

If they buy it, then you need to ship it
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…

Dec 05 2017 · 3 min read

Your Local Liquidator Can’t Compete with an Online Solution
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…

Nov 30 2017 · 3 min read

Black Friday might be dead, but buyer’s remorse is alive and well
Black Friday might be dead, but buyer’s remorse is alive and well

According to one TheStreet writer: 2017 will be forever known as the year Black Friday died (in stores made of…

Nov 28 2017 · 2 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. Return rates typically double…

Nov 15 2017 · 2 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…

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,…

Nov 09 2017 · 3 min read