Resale

Hand reaching out to clothing rack
E-Commerce

How ‘omniresale’ is finding its footing

Instead of picking between trade-in or peer-to-peer resale models, brands are beginning to offer both.

Andrew Adam Newman
A woman's hand holds a smartphone while taking a photograph of a shirt with a tag that says "secondhand."
E-Commerce

Shunning the word ‘used,’ the resale sector has not settled on another term

Resale. Pre-owned. Pre-Loved. Secondhand. Why can’t we settle on a term for the not-new?

Andrew Adam Newman
A portrait of Alicia Silverstone.
E-Commerce

Why eBay is declaring the first Recommerce Day

The resale marketplace is partnering with Alicia Silverstone, who’s donating used items from her closet to be auctioned off.

Andrew Adam Newman
A woman photographs a pink shirt on her iPhone.
E-Commerce

Hot Topic: Should the sales tax on secondhand items be eliminated?

Plus you weigh in on Chuck E. Cheese phasing out its animatronic band.

Andrew Adam Newman
An ad by Ikea Canada that highlights that it is protesting the secondhand tax (SHT), which is how they characterize the fact that the used items retailers like them sell are not exempt from sales tax but rather are taxed when new and resold. In a recent promotion, it offset Canada's combined federal and provincial sales tax (known as harmonized sales tax, or HST), by reducing the sales price by the same rate.
E-Commerce

Why these execs say we should stop taxing secondhand items

Eliminating the tax would incentivize sustainable shopping, they say.

Andrew Adam Newman
Samina Virk, North America CEO of Vestiaire Collective (left) and Lauren Benton, general manager, USA, of Back Market.
E-Commerce

How French resale companies Back Market and ​Vestiaire Collective approach the US market

The electronics and fashion resale brands have much more in common than originating in Paris.

Andrew Adam Newman

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