Christine Won | November 28, 2023 | Marketplaces, Niche Marketplaces
South Korea-based general marketplace Joonggonara has launched a new payment feature to let users make purchases on the web. Previously, they were only able to do...
Deb Stowe | November 28, 2023 | Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Luxury resale marketplace The RealReal posted revenue of $133 million U.S. in Q3 of this year, down by 7% year on year (y-o-y). Gross merchandise value fell by 8%...
Deb Stowe | November 28, 2023 | Niche Marketplaces, People on the Move
U.K.-based fashion marketplace Depop has made two additions to its executive team, appointing Rachel McShane as CFO and Rebecca Levy-Lewis as senior director,...
Deb Stowe | November 28, 2023 | Niche Marketplaces
Paris-based used luxury goods marketplace Vestiaire Collective is extending its ban on fast fashion to include 30 more retailers in a move timed to coincide with...
Damian Shore | November 28, 2023 | Niche Marketplaces
Retail giant Ikea continues to step up its efforts in used furniture — at least in Spain. There are now thousands of secondhand items listed on a dedicated...
Deb Stowe | November 28, 2023 | Marketplaces, Niche Marketplaces
U.K.-based fashion marketplace Depop is running a series of pop-up shops across several British cities. It has formed a six-month partnership with retail pop-up...
Nik Flegont | November 28, 2023 | Marketplaces, Niche Marketplaces
Russia-based general marketplace Avito has set out to corner the local market in luxury goods after the exodus of foreign brands from the country in the wake of...
Tariq Ahmed Saeedi | November 27, 2023 | Niche Marketplaces
Japan-based Mercari has teamed up with luxury goods reseller Komehyo in a deal that will see more than 60,000 secondhand items from the latter listed on Mercari...
Damian Shore | November 27, 2023 | Real Estate, Niche Marketplaces
Spain-based Cocampo has added some 1,700 listings from Grupo Santander subsidiary LandCo to its marketplace for land, website EjePrime reports. According to...
Damian Shore | November 27, 2023 | Automotive, Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Spain-based Cüimo, a marketplace dedicated to buying and selling motorcycles, has raised €900,000 ($985,000 U.S.) in a funding round led by investment company...
Tariq Ahmed Saeedi | November 23, 2023 | Marketplaces, Niche Marketplaces
PopChill, a fashion reseller operating in Taiwan and Hong Kong, has completed more than 30,000 transactions since its launch early last year. PopChill records the...
Dualta Mac Lochlainn | November 23, 2023 | Marketplaces, Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
France-based Upway, which buys, refurbishes and sells electric bicycles (e-bikes), has raised $30 million U.S. in a series B funding round. The round was led by...
Damian Shore | November 20, 2023 | Niche Marketplaces
Spain-based reconditioned bicycle seller Bike Ocasión has partnered with Rookfy in a deal that will see the retailers working with the latter provide used bikes to...
Damian Shore | November 20, 2023 | Real Estate, Marketplaces, Niche Marketplaces
Real estate marketplaces — particularly those focused on second homes — in Spain and elsewhere in the EU will receive a boost if the EU relaxes...
Deb Stowe | November 20, 2023 | Recruitment, Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Freelance marketplace Upwork posted revenue of $176 million in the third quarter of the year, a gain of 11% year on year. It attributed the performance to “take...
Deb Stowe | November 20, 2023 | Recruitment, Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Israel-based freelance marketplace Fiverr posted $92.5 million U.S. in revenue in the third quarter of 2023, up 12.1% ear-on-year (y-o-y). The number of active...
Damian Shore | November 17, 2023 | Marketplaces, Niche Marketplaces
France-based sporting goods retail giant Decathlon is stepping up its activities in used goods --- at least in Spain. According to a press release from the...
Damian Shore | November 15, 2023 | Marketplaces, Niche Marketplaces
Spain-based Webel, a marketplace for personal services that raised €2.1 million ($2.3 million U.S.) in a seed funding round last month, has launched in Valencia...
Nik Flegont | November 15, 2023 | Marketplaces, Niche Marketplaces
Avito, the top Russia-based classified marketplace, has opened a premium pickup point-cum-pop-up shop in an upmarket neighborhood of central Moscow. Users will be...
Damian Shore | November 15, 2023 | Automotive, Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Spain-based car rental company Malco has invested in Momovem, which enables individuals to rent out their motorcycles by the day, in addition to offering long-term...
Ignacio Landivar | November 08, 2023 | Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Austria-based Refurbed, which sells reconditioned electronics and home appliances, has raised $57.0 million U.S. in a Series C funding round, bringing its total...
Prabhu | November 07, 2023 | Marketplaces, Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
India-based re-commerce marketplace Cashify posted INR8.1 billion ($98.1 million U.S.) in consolidated operational revenue for the 12 months ended Mar. 31, 2023...
Damian Shore | November 07, 2023 | Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Spain-based Vivra, a marketplace for coaches of such sports as skiing, mountain biking surfing, windsurfing and kitesurfing to offer their services, has raised...
Deb Stowe | November 01, 2023 | Recruitment, Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Freelance.com is poised to take over STA Group. The France-based marketplace said it had signed a “synallagmatic” (reciprocally binding) promise with the group,...
Christine Won | November 01, 2023 | Niche Marketplaces
South Korea-based electronics giant Samsung Electronics is planning to sell refurbished phones in its domestic market. However, it has not yet announced a concrete...
Damian Shore | November 01, 2023 | Real Estate, Niche Marketplaces
Founded by 2017 and headquartered in Pais, Swimmy is a c-to-c marketplace for renting swimming pools. It currently operates in six countries --- France, Italy,...
Ignacio Landivar | October 31, 2023 | Automotive, Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Germany-based vintage car auction website Kickdown has raised €1.0 million ($1.1 million U.S.) in seed funding. Participants included Zeit für Brot founder Dirk...
AIM Group | October 30, 2023 | Marketplaces, Niche Marketplaces, People on the Move
Catawiki has appointed Morten Valther Graae Joergensen (above) as its new vice president of interiors. Joergensen brings two decades of experience from such...
Deb Stowe | October 30, 2023 | Marketplaces, Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Fashion marketplace Vinted is considering a secondary share sale potentially worth more than €200 million ($212 million U.S.), according to the FT. Citing unnamed...
Damian Shore | October 27, 2023 | Niche Marketplaces
Ellie Walters has stepped down as CEO of Ireland-based ReFunk, a marketplace for ‘upcycled’ furniture. According to the company, upcycling involves “transforming...
