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Major Appliances, Trade Tariffs & the Secondary Retail Market
Recent reports by Reuters show that U.S. retail sales increased in May by 0.5%; an indicator that the economy could be on the upswing after many reports showing weak data. In addition, after releasing negative losses in April, financial reports…
CTIA 2019 Survey Shows Explosive Mobile Growth
Quick Facts: 82% growth in mobile data from 2017 to 2018 Mobile data traffic grew from 12.89 trillion MBs to a total of 28.58 trillion 9.6% increase in time talking on mobile phones from 2017 15.8% increase in text messaging…
Digital Flipbook: Five Ways To Offset Loss For Excess Inventory + Protect Your Brand
When it comes to excess merchandise challenges – due to store closures or high rates of shelf pulls, overstocks, and customer returns – every retailer and manufacturer should have a secondary market solution. The best ones allow for a fast…
4 Tips to Become an Online ‘Power Seller’
The popularity of the resale industry continues to pick up steam. In fact, according to a recent resale report by ThredUp (an online consignment and thrift store), the apparel resale market is expected to reach $51 billion by 2023. This…
Mobile Secondary Market: Q1 2019 Insights
The world’s largest wireless manufacturers, carriers, and trade-in companies are currently leveraging B-Stock’s B2B marketplace platform for their trade-in and excess mobile devices and accessories. Across our network of mobile marketplaces over 3 million phones and 5 million accessories are…
Refurbishing Consumer Electronics and the Secondary Market
Now is a great time to enter the secondary market as a repair technician, especially if you love tinkering with old computers and newer cell phones. In this article, we’ll cover many of the biggest topics facing consumer electronics and…
Everything you’ve always wanted to know about the R2 Standard
The R2 Standard was originally developed to prevent the misuse and improper recycling of electronic waste. Currently, the SERI institute defines the R2 Standard as, “the premier global environmental, worker health and safety standard for the electronics refurbishing and recycling…
Watch Webinar: COVID-19 Impact on EU Secondary Market Demand
https://youtu.be/LzEZziGkNvY This webinar from April 29, 2020 shares the latest trends and data B-Stock is seeing in reverse logistics, specifically how the B2B secondary market is reacting to COVID-19. B-Stock’s Head of Business Development, EMEA, Giorgio Vitale is joined by…
2019 CPG Consumer Confidence Report
A February 2019 consumer confidence report published by IRi summarizes research findings for e-commerce retail sales. This post will focus on the grocery and CPG portions of the report. Download the PDF: Consumer Confidence Reflected in E-commerce Growth. Quick Facts:…
Recycling and the Secondary Market
Image: HYLA New research shows that 50 million tons of e-waste was generated in 2018; this is the equivalent of 2,850 cars dumped into a landfill every hour of every day for a year (PDF by HYLA). E-waste can be…
Watch Webinar: COVID-19 Impact on the Secondary Market + Reverse Supply Chain
https://youtu.be/AQSRV04flQ0 This webinar, broadcast on April 23, 2020, covers the impact COVID-19 is having in reverse logistics, specifically the secondary market. We share the latest trends and data B-Stock is seeing across our B2B marketplaces, specifically when it comes to…
Watch Webinar: COVID-19 Impact on the Mobile Secondary Market
https://youtu.be/W8T8eJ14g-M This webinar shares the latest trends and data B-Stock is seeing in the mobile secondary market due to COVID-19. Presented by B-Stock’s Mobile Analyst, Joe Dube, we cover: The impact of the Hong Kong border closure and subsequent market…