Is resale profitable for brands? While that question has yet to be answered, deploying the technology and functionality to create the resale-as-a-service (RaaS) apparently is. At least that’s what it’s looking like for thredUP. “That we are on track to break even in Q4, which...
One would assume that bargain shoppers would be driving the resale market, but that’s what you get when you assume. According to thredUP’s Q1 2023 earnings report, the marketplace is resonating with premium buyers, not bargain shoppers. According to James Reinhart, the CEO and co-founder...
With inflation and economic uncertainty currently causing an instinctive recoil by many consumers when it comes to splurging on non-essentials, a week’s worth of insight and commentary from several of the nation’s top apparel resellers has sparked a bit of a debate and a rethink....