All Depop articles
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Opinion‘Fashion sales are in structural decline and that has big implications for retailers’
Fashion volumes have been on a downward trend for some years, observes Alvarez & Marsal’s Erin Brookes, who offers suggestions on how retailers should respond
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NewsDepop appoints new chief executive and rolls out AI photo integration tool
Fashion resale marketplace Depop has appointed a new chief executive officer following a successful stint as interim boss.
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Chart of the WeekChart: Vinted makes second-hand fashion profitable
The fashion resale platform, based in Lithuania, announced earlier this week that net profit had grown by 330% and revenues had grown by 36% year on year
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DataRanking: The most popular UK retail websites among shoppers in Trump’s America
Thanks to exclusive data from Similarweb, Retail Week can reveal the UK retail websites that are most popular with US shoppers.
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AnalysisCharity shops, green brands and Vinted: how do modern women really shop?
In honour of International Women’s Day, we’ve teamed up with CACI to reveal just how nuanced the modern female shoppers are.
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Retail Navigator AnalysiseBay (Strategy)
eBay UK removes seller fees across nearly all its categories, “designed to give buyers access to greater breadth and depth of inventory while creating a simplified and streamlined experience for sellers.”
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Opinion‘As Vinted dominates pre-loved fashion, are retailers missing a trick?’
Earlier this month, eBay scrapped seller fees on consumer-to-consumer fashion and it’s no wonder – the secondhand market for clothing is soaring. But there is one problem for established players such as eBay and Depop: the exodus of customers switching to Vinted
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Retail Navigator NewsData - the top 20 international retailers in the UK
Exclusive Retail Navigator data shared with Retail Week this week reveals eBay tops the ranking of international retailers by UK sales percentage in 2022/23. Although eBay started as a site largely matching buyers to sellers of second-hand goods, in 2022 around 80% of products it sold worldwide were new items. The UK accounted for 16.3% of the eBay’s total turnover in 2022/23, with 50% of the US marketplace’s group revenue coming from its international business.
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NewseBay scraps selling fees for secondhand clothes
eBay has become the latest marketplace to ditch its selling fees for fashion-seeking UK users in its latest effort to encourage shopping for pre-owned clothing.
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NewsDepop ditches selling fees for UK users
Secondhand platform Depop has announced the removal of selling fees for UK users in its latest bid to make fashion circular.
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News‘Online is the new car boot sale’, says Charity Super.Mkt founder
Charity Super.Mkt co-founder Maria Chenoweth has said “online is the new car boot sale” when speaking about the role of pre-loved in the fashion market, alongside Depop, eBay and River Island at LIVE 2024.
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DataExclusive: eBay was most popular secondhand platform over Christmas
eBay has topped Vinted and Depop to be named the most popular secondhand platform in December 2023 as demand for pre-loved gifting surged over Christmas.
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AnalysisThe three biggest and best retail tech investments for 2024
Brands and retailers, including The Co-op, Frasers Group and Kingfisher, will be sharing their digital investment priorities at Retail Week’s Digital Summit on Wednesday 7 February 2024. Here we take a peek at three influential trends blowing up in 2024.
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NewsDepop launches pop-up store programme in time for Christmas trade
Fashion marketplace Depop is to open a raft of pop-up stores in high profile retail locations.
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AnalysisRetail Horizon 2024: How consumers are feeling – and how retail should get ready – for the year
Retail Week has launched its strategic toolkit, Retail Horizon 2024, mapping out the opportunities, challenges and winning strategies for businesses in the year ahead.
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Opinion‘Asos hasn’t captured the hearts and wallets of Gen Z and Gen Alpha’
The news this week of more upheaval at Asos, with senior leadership departures following a 12-month revenue decline, is a stark reminder of how challenging it is to remain relevant in today’s ever-changing retail world.
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NewsDr Martens sales top £1bn but profits drop
Dr Martens sales have reached £1bn for the first time, but profits tumbled and “operational mistakes” in the US impacted its performance.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Why aren't Depop and Vinted riding fashion's resale wave?
As more fashion retailers jump on the bandwagon and launch their own second-hand apps, there’s no doubt that resale is in fashion – so why don’t the financials match up?
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AnalysisSecond Hand September: sustainability fad or fashion-forward moment?
As a fourth Second Hand September comes to an end, Retail Week asks whether the campaign has the potential to drive real change in retail – or is the growth of the secondhand economy better served in other ways?
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Opinion‘In this environment it’s not just profitability that’s at stake, but survival’
Retailers should take encouragement from how they have transformed themselves in recent years as they adopt tactics to confront today’s difficult environment, says Alvarez & Marsal’s European head of retail and consumer practice Erin Brookes