Consumers are increasingly considering professionally refurbished electronics over new ones.

👉 Amazon’s refurbished brand, Amazon Renewed, became Amazon’s third most popular electronics brand in June 2020

modernretail.co/startups/refur…
👉 Back Market, the leading global marketplace for refurbished electronics, has announced its Certified Renewed collection of electronics refurbished directly by top brands.
👉 It just raised $335m in its series D funding & is now valued at $3.5bn
👉 eBay has also created its 'Certified Refurbished' program for reselling used goods

retaildive.com/news/ebay-crea…
💥 Regulation is coming for end of life product - as lawmakers push to make brands take responsibility for the long-term life of the goods they create

👉 The Circular Economy Action Plan is part of Europe’s new agenda to encourage a culture of repair and reuse
👉 In Europe manufacturers will be required to make spare parts available for 1st time – helping extend the lifespan by up to 10 years bbc.co.uk/news/business-…

👉The Right to Repair movement is also getting an important new ally: The Biden administration bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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Adidas tapping into the rise of #thrift with an influencer program (many of whom seem to be depop influencers) to support the re-introduction of it's forum sneaker.

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When people say China is a growth strategy, this is what they mean.

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