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Apparel Retailers to Expand Efforts in the Secondary Market
It’s no longer an industry secret that certain apparel retailers (in the past) would prefer to burn or trash unsold and returned merchandise than resell through secondary channels. However, the times are changing and major brands are facing public and…
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…
The Rise of Online CPG Sales
New reports show online sales of Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) are growing and by the end of 2018 are projected to account for roughly 5 percent of total CPG sales—that’s $36 billion spent on groceries, health + beauty, household basics…
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…
Social Commerce Retail is Here
First came e-commerce, followed by m-commerce, and now social commerce (aka s-commerce) has hit the scene…big time. Retailers of all sizes as well as resellers are figuring out how to increase sales by selling directly through social media to consumers;…
B-Stock’s Apparel Expertise
B-Stock operates the world’s largest B2B marketplace for returned and excess apparel, shoes, and accessories. Our platform connects major retailers and brands directly to vetted secondary market apparel buyers around the globe. Our apparel account management team is made up…
The Prepaid Expo – Las Vegas, NV – August 21 & 22
Up next on our trade show calendar is The Prepaid Expo & All Wireless Expo. The show gives attendees unparalleled access to all levels of the wireless distribution chain, and all variations of prepaid and wireless services. In addition to…
How off-price retail fits in the secondary market
In the world of off-price retail—where major retailers sell excess inventory at bargain prices—sales are on pace to reach $18 billion to $19 billion by 2021, according to JPMorgan analysts. Historically, most of this inventory was sold through so-called ‘bargain…
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…
Why a return center solution is vital for SMB retailers
While simple and easy return policies are a critical component to generating customer loyalty, they will generate additional returns. Let’s face it, unless a retailer has a zero-returns policy (highly unlikely), it will receive products back that can no longer…