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CFO's are looking for efficiencies through technology

Great article today in the Wall Street Journal talking about how CFO’s are becoming more aggressive about spending on technology to promote efficiency in their organizations. According to Andrew Bartels, an analyst at Forrester Research, “CFOs are now being confronted … Continue reading

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Wholesale electronics lots via liquidation auctions

We are asked frequently by buyers about how to source “wholesale electronics lots”. Electronics is a category that is extremely attractive to online and offline resellers because the products are in high demand and carry a relatively high price per … Continue reading

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Product sourcing for flea market vendors

We have recently had an influx of flea market dealers registering in the B-Stock Sourcing Network to buy liquidation inventory from our sellers, like wholesale liquidation electronics. Overstock, returned and other excess inventory from major retailers and liquidation wholesalers is … Continue reading

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Consumer electronics return rates on the rise

An interesting new study by Accenture looking at the rising return rates in the consumer electronics business. They estimate that returns are costing retailers and manufacturers $17 billion this year (up 21% since 2007). Included in that are costs associated … Continue reading

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Buying customer returned TV’s from Walmart

Walmart has been using its B-Stock powered private marketplace to liquidate customer returned big screen TV’s for several years. For our buyers with the ability to deal with this type of inventory, the site is one of their favorite, steady … Continue reading

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Inventory Matters! – Including overstock and excess inventory

Several months back Jim Cramer from Mad Money published a piece on the importance of inventory levels in predicting economic turnaround and stock performance. While his point is fairly obvious (ie. a lack of inventory in retail channel implies new … Continue reading

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Retail veteran Heywood Wilansky joins B-Stock’s Advisory Board

I am very pleased to announce that Heywood Wilansky has joined our Advisory Board. Heywood had a long and impressive career in retail, most recently retiring as CEO of Retail Ventures. He was also previously served as President and CEO … Continue reading

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Overstock and excess inventory & "marketing energy"

Overstock inventory ready for liquidation contains what I like to think of as “marketing energy”. This is a geeky analogy but illustrates how companies can multiply the residual value of overstock and other excess inventory by capturing that marketing energy … Continue reading

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$1 starting bids on Walmart liquidation auction lots!

I am thrilled to see the adoption of the “$1/no reserve” auction liquidation strategy on the Walmart Auction Liquidations site! Buyers LOVE this approach to excess inventory liquidation auction sites on lots and we have seen an immediate spike in … Continue reading

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Growing inventory levels at VF Corp, Nike, Polo Ralph Lauren & others

Andria Cheng of MarketWatch reported on rising inventory levels at several major apparel brands. As you can see from the following excerpt from her report, there are important strategic reasons why these companies would benefit from implementing a Liquidation Sales … Continue reading

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