For consumers, the holiday season has come and gone, but for retailers, it’s still going strong. The reason? Holiday returns. According to Marketplace.org, in the weeks following the holiday shopping season, retailers can expect 10 percent of their goods to be returned—and if you’re an online retailer, that number can... read more →
Most organizations must at some point face the challenge of closing a facility. Whether these closures occur because of mergers and acquisitions, consolidations, or some other event, they’re bound to result in surplus assets and the need to sell them. Through a proven sales approach, your organization can turn surplus... read more →
Liquidity Services regularly surveys its vast database of secondary market buyers worldwide to gain valuable insights into their needs, priorities, and behaviors. We do this for a number of reasons, but the two most important ones are so that we can continue to improve our buyers’ experience of the Liquidity... read more →
Halloween comes a-creeping frighteningly fast every year, bringing families together for some spooky good times and helping stock the pantry with an entire year’s worth of chocolate. It also helps scare up a big spike in consumer spending, and yet is often overlooked as a retail holiday. Halloween is also... read more →
Liquidity Services is excited to announce our newest marketplace IronDirect, which launched in September! Construction fleet owners now have a revolutionary new way to purchase, manage, and service construction equipment. What is IronDirect? IronDirect provides an online platform to purchase new value-priced and premium construction equipment as well as attachments... read more →
2016 isn’t even over yet and we’ve already seen the effects several major industrial manufacturing trends have had on the marketplace. Megadeal mergers valued over $1 billion are on the rise[i], manufacturers are turning to 3D printing to cut down on parts costs and lead times[ii], and many companies are... read more →
Every truck fleet faces the challenge of surplus vehicles. Vehicles inevitably depreciate out of the fleet after enough miles or wear, leaving fleet managers with a steady flow of vehicles no longer needed. Savvy fleet leaders opt to sell these surplus vehicles in the secondary market, generating valuable recovery to... read more →
Summer’s drawing to a close, and for most retailers, the back-to-school rush has already come and gone, leaving them wondering what to do with their overstock school supplies, from laptops to clothing. A recent Forbes article estimated that parents will spend nearly $1,000 per child on school supplies this year,... read more →
On average, 20% of an organization’s assets is surplus to its needs. In other words, one-fifth of your assets are just sitting around, depreciating, and taking up space. These obsolete or no-longer-used items don’t have to be a burden. Instead of letting your assets sit around and depreciate, you could... read more →
Curious what happens to your surplus inventory once it arrives in our warehouse? Here’s an inside look at our warehouse in North Las Vegas, one of 11 we operate across the U.S. Warehouse Process The North Las Vegas facility manages client surplus inventory from initial processing through reselling to buyers... read more →