The off-price market has been booming throughout the recession and recovery. But just as demand for off-price merchandise is skyrocketing, the supply of it is becoming scarce in America.

In the beginning, there were beanie babies. Whole menageries piling up in basements and being put up for auction on eBay.com. Now, nearly six years after that craze popularized the virtual flea market

The co-founder and president of Via Trading Corp. says that since offering Web coupons, he's been able to track the sales they generate because each h...

You're a large national apparel chain, ready to bring in your new summer line. Problem is, returns and other unsold winter merchandise are clogging the warehouse. What do you do? Enter Via Trading

Stambouli's deals involve shaving a few dollars off merchandise that customers return to retailers and he?s doing a lot of them, especially in post-Christmas season when unwanted gifts are returned

The idea I came up with was dealing with overstock merchandise, using both online and offline tactics. I wrote my paper about a surplus model that leveraged the Internet.