Growing inventory levels at VF Corp, Nike, Polo Ralph Lauren & others

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 following excerpt from her report, there are important strategic reasons why these companies would benefit from implementing a Liquidation Sales…

May 10 2011 · 3 min read

How B-Stock hosts customer sites
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…

Apr 28 2011 · 2 min read

Why and When to avoid Holding Inventories
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…

Sep 01 2010 · 4 min read

Gap betting on black
Gap betting on black

I read this report by Phil Wahba on Gap Inc. today. Two things struck me that I think make it…

Aug 20 2010 · 4 min read

Retail Returns Spell Disaster For Investors
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…

Apr 26 2010 · 5 min read

Furniture retailers should replace 35% of merchandise
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…

Apr 19 2010 · 3 min read

Major inventory issues at Palm
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…

Apr 13 2010 · 1 min read

Carrying cost on excess inventory increases need for efficient disposition
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…

Apr 10 2010 · 5 min read

Why liquidation of excess inventory is worth worrying about
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…

Apr 09 2010 · 3 min read

National Semi profit, outlook beat forecasts
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…

Mar 18 2010 · 1 min read