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Even in the height of summer, major retailers still have Christmas in mind. For example, in June Argos released its top toy predictions for Christmas 2017, highlighting the toys and games it believed would be the big winners come December. Considering holiday sales can account for as much as 30% of annual revenue, it’s no wonder retailers begin preparing for Christmas long before the season comes around. However, with ever-changing buyer behaviour, trends toward ecommerce, high return rates (one in three gifts are returned to the retailer) and fluctuating sales over recent years, what was once a sure success of a season is now more and more difficult to predict.
What makes recommerce such a big opportunity in retail today? It’s a quickly changing scene! Seasonal clear-outs and the mass unloading of excess inventory are no longer the only uses for liquidation and resale. Rather, astute manufacturers, retailers, and business…
B-Stock’s internship program launched in 2021, and since then, we’ve had the pleasure of welcoming and working with over 30 interns! From Finance and Product to Engineering and Marketing, our interns have left their mark across all of B-Stock and…