Liquidation generally refers to the process of selling off a company’s inventory, typically at a big discount, to generate cash. In most cases, a liquidation sale is a precursor to a business closing. Once all the assets have been sold, the business is shut down.

In the accounting world, liquidation refers to the process of selling all of a company’s assets to generate cash to pay off creditors, or anyone the company owes money to.

Assets aren’t just inventory, however. Other business assets that could be liquidated include:

Stores fixtures

Décor and decorations

Tools

Furniture

Machinery

Office equipment

Packing supplies

Vehicles

Art and other wall hangings

Window treatments and rugs

Liquidation sales often occur as part of a bankruptcy filing, but not necessarily. A business could liquidate most or all of its inventory as part of a move to a new location, thereby saving money on having to transport all of it to a new storefront. The biggest downside of inventory liquidation is that, in many cases, the timetable for liquidating assets is short, so the discounts are steep and the cash earned is much lower than the retail value.

When a company’s assets are liquidated, or converted to cash, the cash is then used to pay off creditors. But there are different classes of creditors that determine in what order they are paid.

The three major classes are:

Unsecured – unsecured creditors, such as credit card companies, do not have a lien, or a security interest, in any of the assets, so they are repaid after the secured creditors have been paid.

Stakeholders – stakeholders are people or organizations that have a vested interest in the success of the business, but no formal claim on the assets. Employees would be considered stakeholders.

As cash is generated from the liquidation sale, creditors are paid in that order.

If a company needs to liquidate its assets quickly, there are businesses that specialize in liquidation. These businesses may buy a company’s entire inventory, or assets, and then sell them to other retailers.

Some liquidators are retailers, too, such as Big Lots, Tuesday Morning, and Ollie’s. These companies buy leftover inventory for a fraction of their retail value and then resell the goods in their own stores, generally for less than the full retail value, but more than they paid for them.

We have been in the business for over 14 years.  We dedicate our company towards our customers.  We work at finding great deals at a fraction of retail pricing so that when we sell to our customers there is plenty of room from them to make some money.  Our goal is to always leave "meat on the bone" so that everyone can eat.  Many liqudation companies leave little to no opportunity for cusomers to make a living.  Our goal is to always have happy customers that return week after week to keep our relationship going.  We offer many different categories and are always welcome to working with new and existing customers to expand their buying needs.  If we don't have it feel free to put in a request to see if we can get those hard to find products you are looking to purchase and resell.