I Vend
MAY 18, 2021
Walk down any high street and you’ll see evidence of one of the growing trends in retail – the rise of the thrift store. Read about how a leading US thrift store is embracing its growing popularity. All of which means that the thrift store has well and truly come into the retail mainstream.
Inside Retail
JANUARY 22, 2023
In July 2020, Rent the Runway joined forces with ThredUp, one of America’s leading online consignment and thrift stores as a means of selling RTR’s used clothing. The collaboration with Amazon adds to Rent the Runway’s strategy of leveraging established marketplaces. It is very much about profitability over sustainability.
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Retail TouchPoints
JUNE 17, 2021
More than Just a Thrift Store. When most of us hear Goodwill we think of the thrift shop, but the nonprofit’s retail operation is only a means to its larger end. It also helps that resale is gaining cachet , particularly among younger consumers. “We’re The rest, as they say, is history.
Independent Retailer
APRIL 19, 2022
“It gets a bit more complicated when we move out of the grocery store and into other local retailers. In 2019, the shipping industry accounted for about three percent of global carbon emissions, and that number is expected to rise to 17 percent by 2050. The way ‘stuff’ is made can vary greatly and most of our stuff moves around a lot.
I Vend
APRIL 22, 2024
Thrift shopping continues to grow in popularity, particularly with millennial and Gen Z shoppers. For retailers, thrift stores have become part of the ‘mainstream’, managed with many of the key disciplines of ‘regular’ retail. But thrift retail also has its own unique characteristics and store performance indicators.
Retail TouchPoints
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
By all accounts, resale looks set to have a banner holiday season this year, as inflation weighs down consumer spending at the same time that younger consumers in particular increase their focus on cutting waste and shopping sustainably. Kate McGuire in one of her upcycled creations.
Retail TouchPoints
JUNE 30, 2021
Resale — the segment of the secondhand market that ThredUP defines as offerings with more curated assortments — is expected to account for more than half of that total, $47 billion , by 2025. Clark isn’t exaggerating: 33 million consumers bought secondhand apparel for the first time in 2020, according to the report. In 2020, 36.2
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