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As Vinted launched a platform in the U.S.A. last November, French white-label second-hand specialist Faume (2025 revenue: 3.2 million euros, up by 40% in a year) announced expansion into the...

23 January 2026

After Ebay, Klarna is collaborating with the resale platform Poshmark

Faced with the rise of circular fashion in the USA, where the second-hand market is worth US$51.9 billion, and the Swedish fintech company's ambitions to offer services beyond payment methods...

5 August 2025

[mind Retail exclusive] How second-hand goods are set to grow at Tara Jarmon and Zapa

Behind the scenes at the mind Retail Day conference in Paris on May 21, Laura Marquant, Managing Director of Tara Jarmon and Zapa, exclusively unveiled her circular roadmap. Accelerating...

23 May 2025

Vinted triples net margin in a year and launches investment fund

Profitable for the second year running, Vinted is accelerating expansion in Europe, expanding logistics offering and venturing into venture capital with a fund dedicated to re-commerce.

30 April 2025

In a booming second-hand market, 2nd Street continues Asian expansion

Japanese second-hand specialist 2nd Street continues to expand, opening a first store in Singapore at the end of April in the 313@Somerset centre (26,800 sq.m of net leasable area). The 575 sq.m...

9 April 2025

Ebay improves search engine with AI to filter fast deliveries

After reporting revenue of US$10.28 billion in 2024, up 2% at constant rate, and a net margin ratio of 19.2% of sales (a fall of 8.2 points), Ebay updated a search engine on February 26 to help...

6 March 2025

With Faume, Soeur launches into second-hand goods via an omnichannel approach

On February 26, 2025, the French fashion brand Soeur (turnover of €65 million in 2024, up by 30% in a year via 54 points of sale in Europe) rolled out a second-hand platform “Sœur...

3 March 2025

Fashion: second-hand players call for an end to resale taxation

In both the U.S.A. and Europe, federations and players in the circular fashion sector are campaigning for an end to double taxation, especially tax applied to resale margins, which applies to...

8 October 2024

Back Market takes a step into physical retail with Bouygues Telecom

In the U.S.A. and France, Back Market is moving up the value chain and joining forces with Verizon and Bouygues. The marketplace is also due to sell via 15 stores.

20 September 2024

Ikea and Walmart rely on marketplaces to boost second hand sales

While Walmart is introducing new categories of second-hand products to its marketplace, Ikea is testing a version of C2C digital marketplace. While this approach has not been successful for...

30 August 2024

How Enhancy, with a model of automation and AI, wants to industrialise the second-hand sector

Optical Character Recognition, automated photo retouching and pricing... Enhancy, a SaaS company specialising in optimising the online resale of 2nd hand products (household appliances and...

27 August 2024

Galeries Lafayette enters second-hand jewellery and watch market

In Paris, Galeries Lafayette sees second-hand as a ‘drive to store’ opportunity. On June 23, the chain opened Hojo Vintage in the Haussmann flagship store, a 30 sq.m boutique selling...

29 July 2024

[mind Retail Day] Six fashion, home and B2B retailers facing circularities’ challenges

At the mind Retail Day on June 19, Béatrice Brandt (Le Jacquard Français), Loic Gauchet (5ASEC Business), Anne-Laure Grand (Decathlon Pro), Marie Kennel (Christofle), Damien Pellé (SMCP) and Julia...

27 June 2024

Jean-Louis Borde, Gemo: “We are going to launch a rental service for our baby range”

Fashion retailer Gemo, part of the Eram group, adapted logistic tools to embrace a circularity journey for rental services. Jean-Louis Borde, Supply-Chain Director, explained adoption of the new...

15 April 2024

[info mind Retail] Christofle relies on CircularX to accelerate second-hand revenue

According to our source, the high-end tableware retailer controlled by the Chalhoub family launched a program in early October 2023 to buy back second-hand products from individuals. Pierre...

19 October 2023

Arnaud Lesne, Carrefour Belgium: “With Reeborn, it’s the first time a grocer rewards the sale of second-hand products”

In Belgium, Carrefour is preparing to launch a Reeborn app, dedicated to second-hand goods, in early November. Arnaud Lesne, Director of Innovation and Partnerships, talks to mind Retail about...

19 October 2023

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After-sales service: Prolong aims to become the OS of repair and adds 3 luxury brands

Signing of three high-end clients, launch of a maintenance passport, imminent Seed funding round and cloud migration project in China… At a 1-to-1 conference in Monaco, the Founder of Prolong...

12 March 2026

Regulatory: With 200,000 Digital Product Passports issued, Darty scales up

While the European Commission is set to vote on delegated acts to specify requirements for home appliances, Darty is accelerating a Digital Product Passport (DPP) push by integrating new products...

11 March 2026

Electronic labels: Hanshow accelerates breakthrough and signs with a leading British retailer

While the leader in electronic labels, Vusion exceeded €1.47 billion in revenue in 2025, rival Hanshow is stepping up a global offensive, winning a strategic account in the U.K. and a new POC for...

27 February 2026

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On February 26, 2026, Walmart (2025 revenue: US$713.2 billion, up by 5.1% at constant rates) agreed to pay US$100 million in response to allegations of misleading compensation to delivery drivers...

4 March 2026

Agentic commerce : After Stripe, Mirakl partners with JPMorgan Payments

On March 10, 2026, Mirakl and JPMorgan Payments (JPMP) unveiled a partnership to deploy agentic commerce by combining the Mirakl Nexus agentic orchestration platform with the U.S. bank’s...

16 March 2026

Online authentification : Prelude expands a “message free” solution globally

A competitor to Twilio, Vonage and Plivo, the French startup Prelude, which has 75 retail clients, is actively deploying Prelude Zero, an authentication method that requires no message delivery...

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