Sell Excess Inventory After a Retailer Cancellation
Did a major retailer cancel or reduce a purchase order after your merchandise was already manufactured, imported, packaged, or ready to ship?
That can leave a manufacturer, brand, distributor, or importer holding thousands of units of perfectly good new merchandise with no immediate destination.
Big Willy’s Wholesale purchases qualifying new retailer-cancelled inventory in bulk throughout the United States.
If you have pallets, truckloads, or a larger inventory position resulting from a cancelled retail order, send it to our buying team for evaluation.
Who Buys Inventory After a Retailer Cancels a Purchase Order?
Wholesale inventory buyers can provide an alternative outlet when merchandise originally produced for a retailer suddenly needs another sales channel.
Retail orders can change for many reasons. A retailer may reduce an order, cancel a seasonal program, change its assortment, discontinue a SKU, delay a rollout, close stores, switch vendors, or decide not to take inventory that has already been produced.
The original order may be gone, but the merchandise can still be brand-new and retail-ready.
That is exactly the type of situation our buying team wants to evaluate.
Manufacturers: Sell Finished Goods From Cancelled Retail Orders
A retailer cancellation can be particularly expensive when manufacturing has already been completed.
Your company may have already paid for raw materials, labor, packaging, production, and warehousing.
Waiting indefinitely for another customer ties up even more capital.
Big Willy’s Wholesale evaluates qualifying new finished goods originally manufactured for retail orders and can purchase inventory in bulk when the opportunity fits our resale channels.
Brands: Move Inventory From Cancelled Retail Programs
A cancelled retail program can leave a brand with substantial quantities of inventory that were specifically planned for that account.
Instead of allowing the merchandise to remain in storage, submit the position to Big Willy’s Wholesale.
If there are channel restrictions, geographic restrictions, marketplace restrictions, or other resale requirements, include them with your submission so our buying team can evaluate the opportunity properly.
Importers: Sell Merchandise Already in Transit
Retail cancellations can become even more complicated when inventory is already on the water.
If merchandise has been manufactured overseas and is currently in transit to the United States, you may already be committed to receiving the inventory even though the original retailer no longer wants it.
We can evaluate qualifying new merchandise that is already in a U.S. warehouse or still in transit.
For in-transit opportunities, provide the expected arrival date, destination, quantity, and current shipment status.
Distributors: Sell Inventory From Reduced Purchase Orders
Sometimes a retailer does not cancel an entire order—it simply reduces the quantity.
That can still leave a distributor with hundreds of cases or multiple pallets beyond what the customer will accept.
Big Willy’s Wholesale evaluates qualifying new excess inventory created by reduced or cancelled retail purchase orders.
What Types of Retailer-Cancelled Inventory Do We Buy?
We evaluate new consumer merchandise across categories including General Merchandise, Beauty & Personal Care, Food & Beverage, Baby, Pet, Household, Electronics, Office & School, Outdoor Gear, Toys, Apparel, Kitchen & Cookware, Disposable Food Service Supplies, PPE & Gloves, and other consumer products.
Other categories of new merchandise can also be submitted for consideration.
We Buy New Merchandise Only
Big Willy’s Wholesale purchases new merchandise only.
We do not purchase customer returns, used merchandise, open-box goods, refurbished products, or reconditioned merchandise.
A retailer cancelling an order does not change the condition of the merchandise. If the products remain new and unused, submit the opportunity.
We Buy Pallets, Truckloads & Large Inventory Positions
Our business is built around bulk inventory.
We evaluate:
- Multiple pallets
- Full truckloads
- Multi-truckload opportunities
- Large single-SKU quantities
- Mixed-SKU retail programs
For large opportunities, providing an accurate inventory spreadsheet or manifest will help our team evaluate the position efficiently.
What Information Should You Send?
Send the product name, UPC or SKU, available quantity, case pack, photos of the exact merchandise and packaging, warehouse location, expiration dates when applicable, asking price, and any resale restrictions.
For larger inventories, include a spreadsheet or manifest.
Also tell us that the inventory resulted from a retailer cancellation or purchase-order reduction and whether the merchandise was manufactured, packaged, or labeled specifically for that retailer.
If the products contain retailer-specific stickers or labels, include photos.
Turn a Retailer Cancellation Into an Opportunity
A cancelled purchase order can create an immediate inventory problem, but allowing that merchandise to sit indefinitely can make the situation more expensive.
Selling qualifying inventory in bulk can help your business recover working capital, clear warehouse space, reduce carrying costs, avoid unnecessary long-term storage, and redirect resources toward current orders.
The sooner you identify another channel for the merchandise, the sooner that capital can be put back to work.
Looking for a Buyer for Retailer-Cancelled Inventory?
If you're searching for buyers for cancelled retail orders, who buys cancelled purchase order inventory, retailer cancellation inventory buyers, buyers for excess manufacturer inventory, or wholesalers that buy cancelled inventory, Big Willy’s Wholesale wants to review your opportunity.
We purchase qualifying new merchandise in bulk quantities nationwide.
Sell Your Retailer-Cancelled Inventory to Big Willy’s Wholesale
Have a retailer cancellation or reduced PO you need to move?
Submit Your Inventory & Get an Offer
Send your inventory spreadsheet, UPCs or SKUs, quantities, case packs, photos, warehouse location, asking price, and applicable resale restrictions for review.