B-Stock at Consumer Returns Luncheon – Nashville, TN – Oct 22 – 24, 2018
B-Stock at Consumer Returns Luncheon – Nashville, TN – Oct 22 – 24, 2018

B-Stock is headed to Nashville, TN from October 22-24 for the Consumer Returns Conference 2018. While at the conference, B-Stock will be hosting a luncheon for attendees that includes a discussion on how retailers and manufacturers can better prepare for…

Oct 15 2018 · 2 min read

Retail Inventories Increase Based on Big Holiday Sales Projections
Retail Inventories Increase Based on Big Holiday Sales Projections

For retailers, talk of the holiday season begins when it’s still beach weather. Strategizing for inventory, logistics, sales, and marketing are focused on months in advance (and now that we’re officially into Fall, returns-management strategy has a place at the…

Oct 03 2018 · 2 min read

It’s not too early to prepare for holiday returns
It’s not too early to prepare for holiday returns

While most of us are still planning final summer vacations and enjoying the next couple of weeks before herding the kids off to school, there are retail industry professionals hard at work preparing for the inevitable onslaught of Holiday Returns…

Aug 09 2018 · 2 min read

Webinar: Tackling Holiday Returns
Webinar: Tackling Holiday Returns

Holiday returns are on the horizon, learn how to better tackle them by watching our webinar. Return rates typically double around the holidays: one in three holiday purchases are returned, equaling $70 billion in merchandise that must be sorted out…

Nov 15 2017 · 2 min read

Holiday Retail Season Kick Off
Holiday Retail Season Kick Off

Goodbye jack o’lanterns and Halloween candy; hello holiday shopping season! November 1 marked the official start of the holidays: that special time of year when retailers hope to incentivize shoppers to spend, spend, spend. Though Thanksgiving weekend is when the…

Nov 02 2017 · 3 min read

Gift giving is over; let the gift returning begin
Gift giving is over; let the gift returning begin

Christmas might be over but National Returns Day (coined by UPS) is upon us. When all is done, around $65 billion in merchandise will come back to retailers post holiday; a significant blow to the bottom line without a proper…

Jan 02 2017 · 2 min read

Black Friday and Cyber Monday with a Side of Buyer’s Remorse
Black Friday and Cyber Monday with a Side of Buyer’s Remorse

Thanksgiving marks the official start of the holiday shopping season and the outlook for retailers this year is positive: sales are expected to increase anywhere from 4 to 10 percent with the average shopper predicted to spend around $1,000 (on…

Nov 23 2016 · 2 min read

Seasonal Returns Provide Great Product-Sourcing Opportunities
Seasonal Returns Provide Great Product-Sourcing Opportunities

Did you know that around 10% of all holiday purchases are returned to retailers in the months following Christmas? Whether buyers’ remorse, relaxed return policies or gift-recipient repugnance, retailers are getting back close to $64 billion in merchandise sold during…

Jan 26 2015 · 2 min read