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Overstock and excess inventory & “marketing energy”
Overstock inventory ready for liquidation contains what I like to think of as “marketing energy”. This is a geeky analogy…
Growing inventory levels at VF Corp, Nike, Polo Ralph Lauren & others
Andria Cheng of MarketWatch reported on rising inventory levels at several major apparel brands. As you can see from the…
How B-Stock hosts customer sites
One of the quasi-benefits of running an Internet company in 2011 is that we now have more viable choices than…
Why and When to avoid Holding Inventories
Ran across this nice, succinct overview of why companies should implement Liquidation Sales Management Systems like B-Stock’s. Don’t telegraph underlying…
Gap betting on black
I read this report by Phil Wahba on Gap Inc. today. Two things struck me that I think make it…
Retail Returns Spell Disaster For Investors
Sobering article by Will Ashworth on the financial side of retail customer returns. He says that, “According to the National…
Furniture retailers should replace 35% of merchandise
I just read this article and was shocked (in a ‘wow, how could they let this happen’-way) by the analyst’s…
Major inventory issues at Palm
John Paczkowski at Daily Digital on Palm’s scary inventory situation. Such a shame to see this. I would love the…
Carrying cost on excess inventory increases need for efficient disposition
I read a very good article on inventory management today called Aggregate Inventory Management. It was written by George Miller…
Why liquidation of excess inventory is worth worrying about
I gave a talk in February at the Reverse Logistics Conference in Las Vegas about liquidation and why, for most…
National Semi profit, outlook beat forecasts
I was amused by this article. It starts with: National Semiconductor Corp (NSM.N) posted results and a revenue outlook that…