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Technology is changing how brands and manufacturers approach excess inventory. Over the past few years, a new wave of B2B excess inventory marketplaces has entered the market, with several backed…

Every week, manufacturers, retailers, and distributors send us inventory lists with the same question: "What is this inventory worth?" It's a fair question, but the answer isn't as simple as…

Every company eventually ends up with excess inventory. Maybe a retailer canceled a purchase order at the last minute. A product was discontinued or repackaged. A forecast missed by a…

You did everything right. You reached out to buyers at TJ Maxx, Nordstrom Rack, HomeGoods, Burlington, and Ollie’s. Maybe you sent a manifest. Maybe you followed up twice. And then…

If you’re trying to sell your excess inventory into off-price retail, there’s something buyers at TJ Maxx, Ross, and Burlington want you to understand before you pick up the phone:…

The brands that perform best on QVC and HSN aren't necessarily the ones who sell out on air. They're the ones who already know what they're going to do with…

A failed liquidation attempt creates a unique kind of pressure. The inventory is still sitting. The offers came in lower than expected. Some buyers stopped responding. In some cases, pricing…

Cancelled orders are probably one of the leading reasons for having excess inventory. A retailer places an order, and production begins. Raw materials are procured, and the products are packaged…

When closeout inventory doesn't move, it creates more than just operational inconvenience. It creates financial pressure, strategic uncertainty, and very often internal frustration. Warehouse space tightens. Finance teams revisit carrying…

When a company wants to liquidate excess inventory, the focus usually revolves around speed, warehouse space, and quick cash flow. However, when that inventory has a license, everything changes. You're…

Fifteen years ago, most brands didn’t see off-price retail as a real strategy. It was more of a fallback. Stores like Marshalls and TJ Maxx were where products ended up…

A Data-Driven Framework for Identifying Inventory Risk and Acting With Discipline One of the most persistent and costly traps in inventory management is the sunk cost fallacy. Once capital has…

As we look back into last year, excess inventory didn’t just show up more often; it showed up for new reasons and behaved in new ways. Excess inventory was no…

A deep look at the strategies, constraints, and real-world decisions retailers make beyond discounting and markdowns Every retailer eventually finds themselves staring at inventory that isn’t moving the way they…

Off-price retail has really become a beast of the retail world, one of the fastest growing and most influential channels out there. Take TJ Maxx, Marshalls, Ross, Burlington & Ollies…