A question was posed a few days ago by email from someone who has some very specific inventory needs. I have addressed his questions below…. I am thinking about exporting shelf pull apparel and designer bags, belts, wallets outside of the USA. I would like this merchandise to be new with tags and I would [...]

It is time to become creative in your search for wholesale liquidation electronics. A lot of the stock that liquidators purchase comes direct from the reverse logistics industry. Reverse logistics covers activities related to returned product, returned pallets and containers, and returned materials for disposal or recycling. A segment of this industry also focuses on [...]

Not everyone appreciates that gift aunt Helen purchased in a rush; in fact, hundreds of thousands of Christmas gift recipients are now making their way back to retail stores returning gifts at an alarming rate. It comes as no surprise to large big box retailers as they factor in seasonal returns as a part of [...]

Are you looking to make a shelf pull apparel purchase for your store or perhaps for your eBay business? Will this be your first purchase? Shelf pull apparel for the most part is clothing that was on the retail sales floor of stores like JC Penneys, Walmart, Sears, Macy’s and did not sell. Most shelf [...]

Are you ready to order your first pallet of liquidation merchandise? It is very exciting to think of the prospect of buying a pallet and digging through it to see what buried treasure might be found! But, having the money to purchase and ordering is not the last step, you must prepare for delivery of your customer [...]

I have spent a few hours today reviewing a shoe manifest from QVC, which is listed as “Second Quality”. QVC has their own liquidation definitions to describe the condition of inventory being liquidated. Second quality refers “to customer returned products that are eligible for sale through Outlet Stores. This merchandise consists of high quality customer returns [...]