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B-Stock featured on CNBC
The rising cost of retail returns is something B-Stock has alway paid attention to (heck, we built a company around how to help solve for it!) and with the shift to ecommerce, it seems like more people are talking about…
2019 Retail Apparel Trends & Projections
As the retail apparel industry looks to the new year, early indicators show signs of slow growth rates. A recent report by the McKinsey Global Fashion Index forecasts growth of only 3.5 to 4.5 percent for 2019, slightly below 2018…
2018 In Review: B-Stock by the Numbers
In 2018, B-Stock celebrated its diamond anniversary with 10 years of liquidating excess and overstock inventory for major retailers; and in the process we became the world’s leading liquidation platform. We now have established offices in the San Francisco Bay…
Everybody Liquidates. Especially after the holidays.
Relaxed return policies and record online spending are leading to historical amounts of returned goods; and it’s at a huge cost to retailers: this year around $400 billion in merchandise will come back. Holiday returns in particular pack a punch…
Employee Spotlight: Makayla Gray – Finance Team
For December, we’re shining the B-Stock Employee Spotlight on Makayla Gray, a three-year veteran of the B-Stock Finance team who is doing work that she enjoys with people she appreciates. Makayla grew up with three brothers who helped shape her…
B-Stock’s Newest Marketplace: Walgreens Liquidation Auctions
B-Stock is pleased to partner with Walgreens to launch Walgreens Liquidation Auctions. This B2B marketplace will give qualified business buyers direct access to bulk quantities of customer-returned and overstock merchandise from Walgreens including: Apparel, Footwear, Cosmetics, Personal Care Items, Home…
Where and Why the iPhone 6 Still has Resale Appeal
New research on who is buying what type of secondary market phone was released by Mobdata, a research agency based in Shanghai. Among the findings is that the majority of iPhone users in China are choosing the iPhone 6 model.…
E-commerce + Brick & Mortar = Strong Holiday Omnichannel Sales
The retail industry received good news from the U.S. Census Bureau recently: year-to-date-retail sales through September 2018, excluding gas and auto sales, were up 4.1% from 2017. Rising sales are due to a number of factors, including consumer confidence, a…
Mobile Trade-In Data – iPhone X Maintains High Value
The secondary market for mobile phones is a $25B business that is predicted to grow 4-5x faster than the overall smartphone market. Annual upgrades and trade-in programs have played the biggest role in growing the mobile secondary market. The rise…
Thankful for B-Stock 2018
What’s not to love about Thanksgiving? Any holiday that focuses primarily on family and feasting is good with us! This year’s Turkey Day post is all about what our team is thankful for. We got great responses from people located…
Introducing our Grade A Award and the First Recipients
We’ve got a lot of great employees around here; team players who go above and beyond to ensure our clients and customers have the best experience possible. To help recognize these folks, we’ve created the Grade A Award: this quarterly…
Adobe Predicts Record Breaking Holiday Sales for 2018 with Mobile Playing Large Role
Adobe recently released its 2018 Holiday Predictions Report and the findings should make major retailers everywhere smile with yuletide joy; especially those with a strong online presence. Adobe’s analysis predicts that online holiday shopping revenue in the U.S. (between November…