Co-Founder & CEO of Teleport. Writer of Goodwill Hunting, a newsletter hunting the best pre-loved fashion finds, insights, and jobs. 11+ years of buying no new clothes.
So how does Aggregation Theory apply to secondhand fashion? Resale aggregation relies on resale digitization.Users must first create digital listings of their physical clothes to sell on resale marketplaces like Poshmark, Depop, Ebay, etc. or get discovered on aggregators of aggregators like GEM.
As a recovering perfectionist and Type A high-achiever, I wish some wise mentor sat me down early in my career to explain the difference between ambition and agency.
The more desirable future is outlined in Q1, with authenticated items being on sale in curated settings. Here is where Web3 comes in as a value add to physical goods as one of the most reliable authentication mechanisms that also lends scale and durability.
Resale is growing 3X faster than retail fashion. 3X—ThredUP estimates that the global secondhand apparel market will grow 3X faster than the global apparel market. 8X—in North America, it’ll grow to $82 Billion by 2025.
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The pre-filled template reflects the real challenges and priorities I faced when I first joined DataStax in 2011. Create a copy and take a rough pass at filling out each the Go-To-Market, Product, and People categories for your company.
Authentication needs to be quick and convenient for the sellers and reliable and consistent for the buyers. Product discovery and navigation needs to be contextualized and entertaining, either through editorial point of view or through livestreaming and social component. Visibility needs to be equal to all sellers and platforms should support in... See more