Sellers Turnover Returned Inventory: Tips to Resell, Re-Label – Right Way, Wrong Way

The Returns, Salvage and Liquidation marketplace can be a win-win, profitable way for merchandise wholesalers and resellers to turnover excess inventory. Overstocks of brand name apparel, department and chain stores carrying excess holiday inventory, off-price buyer deals and discount-seeking retail customers all come out ahead. For buyers and sellers new to the Returns marketplace: Note re-labeling, de-labeling and selling restrictions on returned merchandise. (Tips below.) First, here is a cautionary case study of how wrongly re-labeling return inventory can ruin a carefully marketed reputation and company image.

How Not to Resell Return Merchandise

While it’s not clear who is the true “perp” in this resale story from only weeks ago, the situation hit regional television news and consumer protection groups. Everyone up and down the product supply chain took a hit to brand and reputation. The end retailer, discount clothing chain Burlington Coat Factory, is trying to make it right. Read more

Apparel Candy — Women’s Apparel Wholesaler-Distributor — Connects the Sweet Spots

Apparel Candy is a leading wholesale women’s apparel distributor in the Los Angeles Fashion Market. Now, Apparel Candy is going global as “Your One-Stop Apparel Shop” for wholesale apparel sourcing by:

· Building out a network of professional contact points, with the new Apparel Candy Blog, plus Community and Wholesale Apparel idea exchange sites.
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Changing Times in Merchandise Liquidation: Internet Auctions, Visible Content Loads, Freight Costs and Shifting Margins

From the GENCO Marketplace point of view – as early providers of “reverse logistics” services (liquidation, recovery value) on returned or distressed goods – a lot has changed since 1992.

Here’s a perspective on how far the liquidation business has come and how current changes improve and impact salvage buyers today.

–Top Ten Wholesale Blog Editor

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