The true cost of returns

The true cost of returns

A few articles last week explored the dirty secret around retail returns: Most don’t make it back to the selling floor. Instead, many find their way after a lengthy process to pawnshops, dollar stores, flea markets and, sometimes, landfills. Some…

Jan 04 2016 · 1 min read

How to Use Product Returns as an Ecommerce Opportunity
How to Use Product Returns as an Ecommerce Opportunity

For retailers and online merchants, product returns can haunt them in the weeks and months after the Christmas holiday. A…

Jan 04 2016 · 1 min read

Where Your Unwanted Christmas Gifts Get a Second Life
Where Your Unwanted Christmas Gifts Get a Second Life

The underbelly of e-commerce is a booming business in which little-known companies collect, process and often resell piles of unwanted…

Dec 27 2015 · 1 min read

Thanks, But No Thanks: The Fine Art of Returning a Gift
Thanks, But No Thanks: The Fine Art of Returning a Gift

Here’s a real holiday surprise – about $63 billion worth of gifts will be returned shortly after Christmas, according to…

Dec 26 2015 · 1 min read

A growing holiday pastime: returning those unwanted gifts
A growing holiday pastime: returning those unwanted gifts

After all the carols are sung and eggnog consumed, Americans this weekend will be indulging in a more modern —…

Dec 25 2015 · 1 min read

Your Business-to-Business eBay Solution
Your Business-to-Business eBay Solution

Depending on what retailers do with holiday returns and overstock inventory—to the degree that they touch it, sort it, triage…

Dec 16 2015 · 1 min read

Welcome mophie! Our newest marketplace to hit the B-Stock Sourcing Network
Welcome mophie! Our newest marketplace to hit the B-Stock Sourcing Network

We are excited to welcome mophie to the B-Stock Sourcing Network. This private-label B2B marketplace will give qualified business buyers…

Dec 15 2015 · 1 min read

Avoid a Hoverboard Meltdown when Sourcing Inventory
Avoid a Hoverboard Meltdown when Sourcing Inventory

Many online merchants take advantage of secondary markets where they can acquire overstock, returned, or refurbished inventory to sell on…

Dec 15 2015 · 1 min read

Environmental Stewardship is Good Business
Environmental Stewardship is Good Business

And now, here’s a look at our other Green Supply Chain Award winners: B-Stock helped clients ditch traditional methods, including…

Dec 14 2015 · 1 min read

Our Latest Marketplace: Boise Paper
Our Latest Marketplace: Boise Paper

We are happy to welcome Boise Paper to the B-Stock Sourcing Network. This B2B marketplace will give buyers direct access…

Dec 14 2015 · 1 min read

Reevaluate Your Liquidation Plan To Achieve Higher Recovery
Reevaluate Your Liquidation Plan To Achieve Higher Recovery

By getting smart about the secondary market and looking beyond traditional liquidation methods for customer returns and other excess inventory…

Dec 03 2015 · 2 min read

Don’t Just Liquidate, Seek Scalable Solutions
Don’t Just Liquidate, Seek Scalable Solutions

Relaxed return policies create a competitive advantage for retailers but can wreak havoc on reverse logistics. Each year, consumers return…

Nov 29 2015 · 1 min read

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