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December 1, 2024

What is Secondhand Sunday?

You’ve surely heard of Black Friday. And you probably know about Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday.But there’s another day that’s gaining popularity around a growing trend of re-gifting, called Secondhand Sunday. Marcus Shen, CEO of B-Stock, a trading platform for businesses, explains Secondhand Sunday to Sean Lewis and Jewell Hillery on Sunday’s WGN Weekend Morning News.

November 25, 2024

Cracking down on fashion waste

California is cracking down on fashion waste. The state signed a new law designed to keep millions of tons of clothing out of the landfills. It's a groundbreaking take back program. Marcus Shen, the CEO of B-stock joined us on 'The Nine' with the details.

November 21, 2024

There’s never been a better time to buy a used phone

If you zoom out, what’s happening with refurbished phones and other electronics is a shining example of what a circular economy can do.

November 18, 2024

Holiday returns are coming - what’s your resale plan?

When all is gifted and unwrapped, around 18% of sales, or close to $170 billion in merchandise, will be heading back to retailers following the holidays. While the majority of this merchandise will still be in functional and cosmetically perfect condition, most won’t go back on primary shelves due to logistical expenses.

November 18, 2024

How a B2B Resale Platform can Solve your Holiday Returns Pile-up

On the heels of the biggest shopping season of the year comes a barrage of returned merchandise that will end up sitting idle in warehouses and cut significantly into the bottom line (without a proper resale strategy in place, that is).

October 25, 2024

Bulk buyers are paying above retail for the iPhone 16, for four reasons

In most cases, you’d expect a shiny new Apple device to be worth less than you paid as soon as you walk out of the store, at least once you’re past the 14-day return period. You’d also expect companies buying in bulk to pay significantly less than retail. But one of the biggest resellers in the business tells us that neither of these things is true.

October 16, 2024

Furniture of champions: how Paris Olympics tables and chairs are finding a second life

Sold and auctioned off to small businesses, Olympic Village decor lives on in a seemingly endless chain of resellers. At the top of that funnel is B-Stock, a Silicon Valley-based business-to- business auction platform that facilitates the sale of pre-owned products.

October 16, 2024

What happens when a store closes?

Marcus Shen, CEO of B-Stock, on what happens to the stuff in bankrupt businesses.

October 7, 2024

Buying a used phone? We asked the experts for 5 things you should do first

There’s no avoiding the reality that smartphones have gotten more expensive. You can turn to the best cheap phones, but even those can be outside of some shoppers' budgets. But there's another option available to cost-conscious buyers — the best used phones, available for heavy discounts.

September 18, 2024

New Phones Get All the Hype, but Consumers Still Love Old Models

Even as flashy AI features drive sales of new smartphones, used phones continue to fetch big bucks as demand outstrips supply.

September 10, 2024

Big Lots goes into bankruptcy, Capital Region stores open for now

Supply chain issues have loomed large in recent months as the pandemic-induced surplus of consumer goods, ranging from patio furniture and barbecue grills to clothing and TV sets, has dried up.

August 31, 2024

Post-Olympic Cleanup

B-Stock's Rob Iaria stops by the Going Deep with Donnovan Bennett podcast to talk about how we helped find a second life for furniture and equipment from the Summer Games.

August 26, 2024

Retro electronics benefit from cutting edge hardware

B-Stock's Sean Cleland said a notable trend is Samsung flip and fold devices entering the secondary market, which are desirable and expensive.

June 12, 2024

Growing Returns Problem Demands Data

By building operations around customers’ expectations and partnering with a reverse logistics expert, a future with a clearer picture of how returns impact business is within reach.

May 13, 2024

Addressing Excess Inventory With B-Stock Solutions

Excess inventory is a billion-dollar problem. Discover how B-Stock Solutions innovatively tackles this challenge.

April 5, 2024

Leveraging Recommerce to Strategically Sell Excess Goods

A reverse logistics partner can help an organization make real-time, data-backed decisions on lotting strategies, generate buyer demand and ensure excess and returned inventory is moving in and out of warehouses.

March 14, 2024

2024 Trend Alert: Expect Changes in Returns Policies and Reverse Logistics Strategies

Retailers are realizing things need to change to improve profitability amid dwindling consumer demand and rising costs.

February 13, 2024

Reimagining the Fate of Returns With Reverse Logistics Experts

By implementing a more sustainable reverse logistics strategy alongside customized, managed solutions, brands and retailers can conquer their excess stock and make sure they never have to choose between their customers’ loyalty and their bottom line.

January 10, 2024

Moving Post-Holiday Returns with Warehouse Optimization

A resilient, comprehensive optimization strategy will keep warehouses running smoothly and help to achieve a healthier bottom line—both during the post-holiday months and all year long.

December 20, 2023

How retailers can capitalise on secondhand gifting in the holiday season

Retail Insight Network interviews ecommerce returns expert and CEO Marcus Shen on the growing trend of consumers looking to buy pre-owned goods for holiday shopping.

December 7, 2023

3 Trends Upending the Returns-to-Landfill Pipeline This Holiday Shopping Season

Reverse logistics companies help brands cut waste and save money.

November 3, 2023

The iPhone is obviously superior at one thing. Ask your wallet.

Sorry, Android lovers. Resale values of iPhones are so much higher that it may be financially irresponsible not to buy one.

September 19, 2023

GUEST COMMENT Overcoming the burden of overstock: How to regain velocity, revenue and operational control

Retailers face significant revenue losses from unsold inventory, with some losing up to £1 million per quarter. Jess Morris of B-Stock outlines strategies for managing overstock through reverse logistics, forecasting technology, and recommerce platforms, balancing financial recovery with sustainability.

September 12, 2023

The Fast Fashion Fallout: The Circular Economy and the Future of Sustainability in the Fashion Industry

It’s no secret the fashion industry is a top contributor to global textile waste. Every year, millions of tons of textiles are incinerated or placed in landfills where they take hundreds of years to decompose. Fortunately, there is hope as sustainability becomes a priority among young consumers.

August 24, 2024

Back-to-School or Back-to-Returns: Alexis Ask

Managing editor Alexis Mizell-Pleasant asks industry experts about various topics developing in the supply chain field. The surge in returns that follows back-to-school means retailers and manufacturers must strategize with sustainability in mind.

July 7, 2023

Earth911 Podcast: B-Stock's Marcus Shen on Growing the Resale Economy

Recommerce is growing as retailers face storage issues and a surge in returns post-pandemic. B-Stock Solutions, led by CEO Marcus Shen, helps businesses like Walmart and Amazon liquidate excess inventory through auctions or direct sales. With 21% of online purchases returned in 2021, managing returns is key to reducing waste and environmental impact, promoting a circular economy.

July 3, 2023

Overcoming the challenges of deliveries and returns

Jess Morris, Head European Marketplace Manager at B-Stock, comments on how the retail industry can overcome the challenges of modern-day deliveries and returns to keep customers happy and retailers from losing out.

July 3, 2023

How retailers’ return policies are changing, according to experts

With an increase in returns, these online retailers continue dominating e-commerce.

June 14, 2023

How Secondary Market Can Help Tame E-Waste Crisis

By tapping into the secondary market, businesses can ease pressure on overfilled warehouses by selling preowned and excess electronics in a more sustainable way.

April 13, 2023

Re-commerce as a service is the answer to retailers’ excess inventory woes

No longer is it supply shortages that are taunting retailers, but in fact, it’s their excess inventory. Retailers have been hamstrung by historic inflation rates that have shifted consumer spending […]

March 27, 2023

The demand for clearance stock: How retailers can make a return on customer returns

What retailers are learning is that inventory that would ordinarily take up warehouse space, or otherwise discarded via landfills, can now be put back into use via B2B online auctions.

February 27, 2023

The Top 50 Women Leaders of San Francisco for 2023

Emel Meteoglu,Vice President of Product at B-Stock, named one of The Top 50 Women Leaders of San Francisco for 2023.

January 30, 2023

How mobile operators can boost trade-in revenue

Network trade-ins need to be sold for the best margins Are mobile network operators picking up B2B auctions fast enough?

June 24, 2022

Retail’s inventory glut means big business for liquidators

While some companies are suffering losses from excess inventory, others are making bank from it.

February 19, 2022

Inside the $644 billion business of reselling returned items, from electronics to bizarre finds

Inside Liquidity Services’ 130,000-square-foot warehouse in Garland, Texas, the aisles aren’t lined with typical merchandise. Instead, they’re stacked with returns…

January 13, 2022

Returns often end up in landfills. Here’s how 3 companies are helping them get resold instead.

Holiday shopping was expected to break records in 2021 — and now that all the gifts have been unwrapped, the…

January 12, 2022

From living rooms to landfills, some holiday shopping returns take a ‘very sad path’

More than half a trillion dollars. That’s the estimated value of all the stuff that U.S. shoppers bought last year…

January 6, 2022

Podcast: 3 Trends Shaping the New Liquidation Landscape with B-Stock Solutions CEO Howard Rosenberg

With the eBay era in full swing, liquidation was begging for an overhaul. Enter Howard Rosenberg and his company B-Stock…

January 4, 2022

UPS says it’s processing a record number of returns as 1 in 4 Americans plan to ship stuff back to sellers after the holidays

Holiday shoppers bought an utterly staggering amount of stuff in November and December, and the share of those items bought…

January 2, 2022

Record-Breaking Holiday Means A Record-Breaking Deluge Of Returns For Retailers

Early results are in and holiday retail sales increased 8.5% year-over-year from November 1 through December 24, according to Mastercard…

December 27, 2021

Holiday sales boom but many gifts get returned

Two in three shoppers are now planning at least one return after a huge holiday shopping season. Processing returns costs…

December 17, 2021

Happier returns? Retailers in race to solve holidays’ environmental, logistics nightmare

An estimated $66.7 billion in rejected holiday gifts will make their way back to retailers this year, a 30% increase…

December 16, 2021

It’s Halloween in December at US ports as delayed shipments finally arrive with seasonal goods

Christmas may be a week away, but US ports are just now receiving containers loaded with goods that were ordered…

February 8, 2021

Inside the warehouses where dud Amazon orders go to be reborn

As online shopping thrives during the pandemic, so does the market for mystery boxes filled with our unwanted goods

Inside the warehouses Amazon orders

As the forced closure of nonessential businesses swept the nation, apparel retailers were put in a difficult position. And now that the reopening of stores seems within reach, where will all that extra inventory go?