Industry analysts now expect more than 40,000 U.S. stores to close over the next five years as tariffs, debt loads, and weakening consumer spending compound. For liquidators, it means the biggest sustained wave of closeout inventory in modern retail history — including from major mall and department-store names.
Read Full Story →Amazon's beta program sells return and overstock pallets at fixed prices, no auction. Resellers must enroll in the Tax Exemption Program and ship within the contiguous US.
Import-heavy retailers can't profitably sell at original retail anymore. The fallout: more inventory, deeper discounts, and bigger lots hitting the secondary market.
Bogus "Amazon unclaimed package" pallets at $39.99 are the latest pattern. Real wholesale pricing runs 10–20% of retail. Anything lower is bait — not a deal.
Pallet costs jumped from ~$500 to $700+ since 2022 while quality dropped. The bin-store gold rush is over — but operators with disciplined sourcing are still profitable.
