How to Reduce Loss for Excess and Returned Merchandise

How to Reduce Loss for Excess and Returned Merchandise

Consumer behavior is continuing to shift: online spending is rising while brick-and-mortar foot traffic is declining. What’s more, many stores are playing catch-up when it comes to their e-commerce operations or are struggling to compete in a very demanding online…

May 24 2016 · 1 min read

Buyer Spotlight: Jay Roberts of Real Deal Warehouse
Buyer Spotlight: Jay Roberts of Real Deal Warehouse

Around 15% of items are returned to or never sold by retailers; this amounts to hundreds of billions of dollars…

May 16 2016 · 3 min read

What happens when online shoppers return too many items
What happens when online shoppers return too many items

This is how it starts. You love shopping online. You’re not always super-careful about how many items you return because you…

May 14 2016 · 1 min read

Some of My Best Friends Are Brokers
Some of My Best Friends Are Brokers

I’ve spent a couple of decades helping companies deal with risk inventory: from designing reverse logistics processes, setting up refurbishing…

May 12 2016 · 1 min read

Industry Opinion: Why independent jewelers need to take more notice of overstock auctions
Industry Opinion: Why independent jewelers need to take more notice of overstock auctions

The jewelry industry is notorious for holding large amounts of overstock of products which can’t be shifted. Here Ben Whitaker director…

May 09 2016 · 1 min read

Combating Ecommerce Returns with Technology
Combating Ecommerce Returns with Technology

The explosive growth of ecommerce sales is bringing a subsequent spike in ecommerce returns. To put it in perspective: Returns…

May 03 2016 · 1 min read

B-Stock to Exhibit at SCOPE
B-Stock to Exhibit at SCOPE

B-Stock is heading to SCOPE next week, May 1-3, in Schaumburg, IL. SCOPE is the supply chain industry’s leading executive…

Apr 26 2016 · 1 min read

Battling the knock-on effects of a warmer winter
Battling the knock-on effects of a warmer winter

The winter of 2015 was the warmest in 70 years and the mild weather has hit retailers hard, with accountancy…

Apr 11 2016 · 1 min read

Why online retailers have three times the returns of traditional sellers
Why online retailers have three times the returns of traditional sellers

When the black, $128.95 Vince Camuto summer sandals size 6, with a 2-inch cork heel turned out to be too…

Apr 10 2016 · 1 min read

E-commerce returns are on the rise: what’s your reverse logistics plan?
E-commerce returns are on the rise: what’s your reverse logistics plan?

There has been a lot of talk lately in the logistics community about the surge in e-commerce returns: a recent…

Apr 07 2016 · 2 min read

In my opinion: getting rid of liquidated stock will be key retail priority after mild UK winter, says B-Stock Solutions
In my opinion: getting rid of liquidated stock will be key retail priority after mild UK winter, says B-Stock Solutions

While the UK has experienced its warmest winter in 70 years, retailers have taken a substantial hit due to lower-than-average…

Apr 06 2016 · 1 min read

Buyer Spotlight: Scott Fitzgerald, President of The Curb
Buyer Spotlight: Scott Fitzgerald, President of The Curb

From buyer’s remorse to buying the wrong size, make or model, consumers are fickle creatures, returning around 3.5 billion items…

Mar 21 2016 · 2 min read

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