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U.S. Apparel Resale to Double in Next Five Years, Fueled by Retailers and Brands

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There was a time, not too long ago, when it took a lot of convincing to get consumers to consider secondhand. Now, both consumers and the retailers that serve them are quite willingly jumping on the resale bandwagon, driving an already hot sector toward even further growth. Retailers and Brands Take the Baton.

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7 Stories that Shaped 2023 — and What They Foretell for 2024

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Resale Continued its Rise but Came Under Financial Scrutiny Consumers’ enthusiasm for secondhand goods, as well as other forms of more sustainable consumption like rental and repair services, showed no sign of slowing in 2023. But negative press didn’t stop either app from drawing U.S.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 300 – Goodwill Finds CEO Matt Kaness

Retail Geek

Matt: [2:02] Yeah have you too I like to think about my career or having two careers to date the first one was, very foundational for what I’m doing now but very quantitative, process-oriented mechanical engineering patent law Manufacturing, Ops Consulting things that had nothing to do with retail or fashion or e-commerce and then I. [2:32]

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 303 Amazon, Walmart and E-com Q4 Results

Retail Geek

Scot: [34:05] Yeah yeah and having a Marketplace will be good will be another piece of data to feed into this kind of viral Crazy Fast fashion engine that they’ve created. Scot: [35:05] Sporting Goods. You know they’re the biggest apparels reseller in the u.s.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 264 – Retailer Q1 Earnings and E-Commerce data

Retail Geek

Jason: [2:56] And the URL is much easier to type and when you’re a deck of cards you need a good URL. Yeah so they’re a fashion brand they’re a direct-to-consumer fashion brand I mentioned that they’re based in China. Scot: [3:01] Yeah maybe she’s an was taken. Um and shop for apparel. [3:41]

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 283 – 2021 Year End Review

Retail Geek

Retailers now compete with social media networks for eyeballs Apparel has shifted from designer led to consumer led, as evidenced by the meteoric rise of Shein. 9:14] Shifted into retail and that gave sporting goods and building materials a big a big kiss. Maxx at 15% and the the bottom three.