RESALE MARKET news and archive

Hey sneakerheads, is eBay’s Mobile Authenticator coming to your town?

Think of it as the Antiques Roadshow for hypebeasts. The long-running TV show which sends its presenters across the nation, stopping in town centers to appraise antiques and heirlooms belonging to locals began in the UK over 40 years ago but soon spawned numerous international editions. Its focus encompassed items as diverse as glassware,...

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Fashion Featured

Rebag launches luxury appraisal tool Clair to evolve resale market

Luxury second-hand handbag retailer Rebag has launched new technology it hopes will revolutionize the resale industry. Called Clair, the powerful proprietary software is a universal luxury appraisal index designed to instantly determine a handbag's current resale value. Since its founding in 2014, Rebag has been rapidly growing to position...

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Retail

Rebag opens its 9th permanent brick-and-mortar store

The fashion resale market keeps on growing. Luxury handbag reseller Rebag has just announced a new store opening in California, which will bring its total store count in the state up to four and its national total to nine. Located in San Fransisco's Union Square, the new Rebag location will take up a 1,450-square-foot space featuring an open...

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Allison Sommer, from The RealReal, on the company's partnerships and the boom of resale

The stigma against second hand apparel and footwear is quickly becoming a thing of the past: according to a recent report by resale platform ThredUp, the market has grown 21 times faster than first hand fashion retail over the past three years and is expected to grow from 24 billion US dollars to 51 billion US dollars in the next five years, in...

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Retail|RESALE TUESDAYS Featured

Fashion resale, a booming market: interview with Charles Gorra, CEO of Rebag

The stigma against second hand apparel and footwear is quickly becoming a thing of the past: according to a recent report by resale platform ThredUp, the market has grown 21 times faster than first hand fashion retail over the past three years and is expected to grow from 24 billion US dollars to 51 billion US dollars in the next five years, in...

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