What We Think

Liquidator, jobber and even the grim-reaper, have been used to define our type of business. We understand, closeouts are often viewed as the dark-side of the merchandise cycle. Businesses want to focus their energies on new, higher margin merchandise.   Who wouldn’t? But a healthy business understands that moving closeouts merchandise is a vital part of any business.  Let’s face it, unlike fine wine, most items do not get better with age. Closeouts, and customer returns, not only take up space your warehouse that can be dedicated to new goods, but they cost you money while they are collecting dust. The questions is, how to you clear out these types of inventories without dedicating too much time and effort? 

That is where we can help your company.  Alan Kilman Sales, Inc has been in business for over 25 years, buying and selling closeout merchandise from manufacturers, retailers, catalogs and e-tailers.  We work with just about every category including: apparel, footwear, intimates, sleepwear, outerwear, swim, handbags, accessories, home, bed/bath, furniture, seasonal, food, electronics, etc. 

Our job is to make the closeout process easier and less-time consuming for you. We evaluate the inventory information that you provide, ask questions to help us better-understand the inventory and any parameters of a purchase - and place that merchandise with companies that meet your standards. 

The merchandise that some companies refer to as problems, we look at them as opportunities. Selling off your closeouts allows you to:

1) Focus on newer merchandise. Sales items are a great way to draw customers in, however when your customers are more consumed with older, sale merchandise that takes away the attention away from your newer items that provide greater margins.

2) Keep your inventory system clean. 

3) Create capital from merchandise that is not otherwise serving a purpose.

4) Cut down on warehouse fees/space. Warehousing costs continue to rise, especially as space becomes limited. It simply does not make sense to pay storage fees for merchandise that is no longer part of your company plan.

5) Create an indirect marketing opportunity.  Once our customers purchase merchandise it is being sold in context of other brands they carry – some of them are the best-known brands in the industries. A customer who may not have been exposed to your brand in the past now may seek your brand out in stores and online when making future purchases.