2022 Holiday Supply Chain Issues: What’s Behind the Persistent Problem

As we round out 2022, it’s exhausting to rehash all the ways that the global pandemic has reshaped our lives. In some ways, there does seem to be a light at the end of the tunnel. But for many businesses,…

Sep 15 2022 · 9 min read

Retail’s inventory glut means big business for liquidators

While some companies are suffering losses from excess inventory, others are making bank from it. Liquidity Services fall in the latter category. Liquidators, like Liquidity Services, often buy excess and returned merchandise from retail giants, which they then sell to…

Jun 24 2022 · 1 min read

Buying Wayfair EU Furniture Returns: What You Need to Know

Wayfair is a trusted online furniture retailer for millions of shoppers across the world. In fact, it has 25.4 million active customers and counting! With corporate offices in Berlin and Boston, and 18 fulfilment and 28 delivery centres across Germany,…

May 18 2022 · 7 min read

It’s Earth Day! Make Yourself a Sustainable Seller

Earth Day is a time to reflect on the environmental impact of our daily lives and make positive changes. This can be challenging, particularly for retailers and eCommerce businesses. You may worry that green practices are too costly or waste…

Apr 22 2022 · 6 min read

How to Resell Retail Clearance and Turn A Profit

Shoppers are used to seeing sales and retail clearance in stores, but it’s where the inventory goes afterwards that is the interesting part… in particular, what interests aspiring resellers like yourself! The most common way for retailers to offload marked-down…

Apr 14 2022 · 6 min read

Apparel Retailers Embrace Circular Economy

Apparel Retailers Embrace Circular Economy The fashion market is changing and shoppers are embracing the circular economy model. Secondhand, returned, overstocked, or otherwise unsold clothes can be quite fashionable and the success of online operations like ThredUp, Shopify, and other…

Apr 08 2022 · 6 min read

Wayfair Builds a Scalable B2B Marketplace Solution

The Challenge: Wayfair, a top online destinations for home furnishings, was growing fast. Following strong sales, the retailer found itself with a high volume of customer returns. Selling these large quantities of furniture, home décor, and other household items to…

Mar 24 2022 · 2 min read

Fortune 500 Retailer Triples Recovery Rate on General Merchandise

The Challenge: A Fortune 500 retailer had been working with B-Stock to sell its returned and excess inventory via a private B2B liquidation marketplace. As pricing and buyer engagement on these mixed lots leveled out, it was clear a new…

Mar 24 2022 · 1 min read

Fortune 500 Appliance Retailer Builds B2B Sales Channel

The Challenge: A Fortune 500 Home Improvement retailer had been receiving a high number of returned appliances back from its customers. At first, the retailer placed these items back on the show floor at deeply discounted prices, but over time,…

Mar 24 2022 · 2 min read

Large Retailer Streamlines Inventory Sales Cycle, Consolidate Warehouses

The Challenge: As part of corporate restructuring efforts, a leading US retailer found itself closing facilities and consolidating its many warehouses. Its liquidation partners at the time were too few, moved too slowly, and paid too little to support this…

Mar 24 2022 · 1 min read

How An Online B2B Marketplace Solution Helps Curb Fashion Supply Chain Waste

Over the last decades, our capacity to produce and deliver apparel to consumers has rapidly increased. Unfortunately, so too has the amount of waste in the fashion supply chain. As consumers come around to environmental concerns, major retailers must follow…

Mar 10 2022 · 7 min read

8 Retail Stores to Consider Purchasing Returns From

So you’ve decided to get into the business of reselling returned merchandise. It’s an exciting and profitable idea that many resellers enjoy. But what types of products should you buy and which stores’ returns will give you the best bang…

Mar 01 2022 · 6 min read