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Our Newest Marketplace: Amazon Liquidation Auctions
B-Stock is pleased to partner with Amazon to launch Amazon Liquidation Auctions. This B2B marketplace will give qualified business buyers direct access to bulk quantities of overstock merchandise including mixed lots of home goods, apparel, books, consumer electronics, groceries and…
Best Practices Retailers can Take for Loss Prevention
Retail warehouses are currently stocked up on inventory in anticipation of the coming 2018 Holiday Shopping Season. However, with inventories at full peak, opportunities for theft become tempting; this is a serious issue in the retail industry. According to the…
Five Trends Every Retailer Should Know about the Holidays
Retailers are gearing up for another record year of holiday sales. This post provides a quick look at the stats behind the Where, What, and Why of projected consumer spending habits for the 2018 Holiday Retail Season. (source: RetailMeNot’s 2018…
New Look. New Feel. New Brand. New Website.
It’s not every day you launch a new corporate site; and for good reason: the amount of work required behind the scenes is insane. Design, messaging, coding, review; updated design, messaging, coding, review; repeat again. But, after 10 years of…
Dollar Stores Continue to Thrive in a Good Economy
Wall Street expected sales at Dollar General to drop as the economy approved. As people gained financial confidence, the expectation was they would ‘trade up’ to Target or one of the big box retail chains. Instead, Dollar General (DG) reported…
B-Stock’s Expertise on Secondary Market Appliances
B-Stock operates the world’s largest network of B2B marketplaces for excess and scratch + dent appliances. Our platform connects major retailers and brands directly to vetted secondary market appliance buyers around the globe. By partnering with us you’ll also have…
Monday Stat: What Consumers Want Before They Buy
Some consumers are dependably loyal, while others need a little convincing. According to Brightpearl, one-fourth of retailers could implement try-before-you-buy options in their stores by 2019. The report found that even if retailers have no return policy or program, consumers have…
EU Spotlight: Meet Giorgio and Jess, our Newest Team Members
For this month’s Team Spotlight we’re heading across the pond! B-Stock is happy to announce the addition of two new EU team members—Giorgio Vitale and Jess Morris! Our Director, EMEA Ben Whitaker compares the growing EU team to how B-Stock…
Retailers must prepare for the increasing consumer demand of try-before-you-buy programs
There is no doubt that today’s consumers are increasingly demanding and fickle to boot. They’re not altogether loyal. Now, they want to try on products in the comfort of their home and easily ship back what they don’t want. You’d…
U.S. Consumers Prefer Used Sports & Rec Equipment
As recently reported in STORES, one of the fastest growing retailers in the U.S. in 2017 was Bass Pro Shops (earned $7.8 billion in 2017 with the acquisition of Cabela’s). People are creating their own ‘experiences’ to go fishing, camping,…
iPhone X trade-in value at record 68% of new price a week before new iPhones revealed
Liquidation specialist B-Stock reported back in July that the average resale value of an iPhone X was 85% of the full retail price, a record for any iPhone at that point in the sales cycle. A tech trade-in site says that today’s…
B-Stock at Mobile World Congress Americas – Los Angeles, CA – Sept 11 – 14, 2018
The show formerly known as CTIA – now rebranded as Mobile World Congress Americas (MWCA) – is heading to Los Angeles from September 11 – 14. The show connects professionals across the mobile landscape and features the technology, people and…