How Retailers Are Softening the Returns Blow

How Retailers Are Softening the Returns Blow

With record online sales and generous free returns policies, returned goods have become a big cost center for retailers. One way the industry has been trying to minimize that hit is by selling returned items—and other liquidation goods—in eBay-like private…

Dec 21 2017 · 1 min read

Sorry, I’m Not Sure: Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2018
Sorry, I’m Not Sure: Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2018

“I will be wrong again,” I stated last year before making my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2017, and I…

Dec 20 2017 · 1 min read

5 most frequently returned Christmas gifts
5 most frequently returned Christmas gifts

Candles, lotion and gift cards are all last minute go-to gifts when you can’t think of anything else to give. While…

Dec 20 2017 · 1 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

Preparing for Christmas returns
Preparing for Christmas returns

Even in the height of summer, major retailers still have Christmas in mind. For example, in June Argos released its top…

Dec 19 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

Here are five last-minute Christmas gift ideas that are likely to backfire on you
Here are five last-minute Christmas gift ideas that are likely to backfire on you

Who wants to give — let alone receive — a bad Christmas gift? You can usually tell when you’ve missed…

Dec 18 2017 · 1 min read

Retail returns: A $440B headache that technology and data analytics can solve
Retail returns: A $440B headache that technology and data analytics can solve

By the end of 2017 the value of retail returns will be the equivalent to total online sales: around $440…

Dec 12 2017 · 1 min read

B-Stock Solutions Chosen as a 2017 Green Supply Chain Award Winner By Supply & Demand Chain Executive
B-Stock Solutions Chosen as a 2017 Green Supply Chain Award Winner By Supply & Demand Chain Executive

B-Stock Solutions, a technology-enabled service company powering the largest global network of B2B liquidation marketplaces, has been named a Green…

Dec 11 2017 · 1 min read

The Green Scene: SDCE 2017 Green Supply Chain Awards
The Green Scene: SDCE 2017 Green Supply Chain Awards

Many of the recipients of Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s Green Supply Chain Award have been on the scene for some time, though…

Dec 08 2017 · 2 min read

Don’t Buy the 5 Most Frequently Returned Gifts
Don’t Buy the 5 Most Frequently Returned Gifts

When it comes to the holidays, there’s nothing more stressful than gift shopping (with the possible exception of meeting Christmas…

Dec 06 2017 · 1 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

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