This website uses cookies to improve your experience. By viewing our content, you are accepting the use of cookies. To find out more and change your cookie settings, please view our Privacy Policy.
-
Category
-
Marketplaces
Popular Marketplaces
New Marketplaces
-
While total retail sales this past Christmas were surprisingly strong, not every present unwrapped on the holiday was met with unbridled joy.
In fact, some gifts were spectacular only because of how fast they piled up at return counters across the country.
The top returned Christmas gifts this year were pricey battery-powered ride-ons, like the $200 Power Wheels Wild Thing or the $160 Disney Mercedes 6-Volt Ride-On, according to B-Stock Solutions, which operates an auction Web site that connects returns made to the country’s largest retailers — including Amazon, Walmart and Macy’s — with resellers.
More from the B-Stock Blog
The B-Stock Mobile Insider: Q1, 2026
Some of the world’s largest wireless OEMs, carriers, and trade-in companies leverage B-Stock’s B2B marketplace to maximize their profits on trade-in mobile devices and accessories. Get insight into secondary market trends to fetch the highest prices for your devices.
Recommerce and Sustainability: How B-Stock Is Closing the Loop
Every April, Earth Month serves as a reminder that sustainability isn’t a trend: it’s an imperative. For retailers and brands managing the constant flow of returned, excess, and pre-owned inventory, the question is no longer whether to embrace sustainable practices,…
Stop Managing the Excess Inventory Backlog. Start Clearing It.
The numbers are hard to ignore. According to the National Retail Federation, retailers expect ~16% of annual sales to be returned, roughly $850 billion in merchandise. According to McKinsey & Company, it’s forced retailers to spend an estimated $200 billion…
