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Peut-on être une plateforme "responsable" tout en poussant ses utilisateurs à vendre toujours plus de vêtements?

With the pandemic digitizing every aspect of our lives, the Creator Economy has taken off like never before, with some estimates saying it’s now a $100 billion+ market. And yet, managing your professional life as a model, actor, writer or designer remains a mish-mash of emails, manual booking processes and dreaded PDFs. Creatives face late […]

In a multi-billion-dollar agreement, e-commerce giant <strong>Etsy</strong> will acquire peer-to-peer social shopping application <strong>Depop</strong>. The deal will see Etsy, the two-sided online marketplace with millions of buyers and sellers from around the world, acquire 100 percent of Depop’s share capital in exchange for $1.625 billion. The transaction is expected to close during the third quarter of 2021.

The fashion resale app and its young users represents the likely future of retail: more online, more sustainable, and more social

The government is mulling a deal to privatise Bake Off broadcaster Channel 4, but will anyone actually want a slice of the action?

Depop, which was founded by Anglo-Italian entrepreneur Simon Beckerman in 2011 and has been run by Maria Raga since 2016, saw sales more than double last year to £49million.

Depop, which was founded by Anglo-Italian entrepreneur Simon Beckerman in 2011 and has been run by Maria Raga since 2016, saw sales more than double last year to £49million.

As Gen Z continues to turn its back on ‘fast fashion’, Etsy hopes its acquisition of Depop will deliver a new generation of online shoppers.

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/PRNewswire/ -- Etsy, Inc. (NASDAQ: ETSY), which operates two-sided online marketplaces that connect millions of passionate and creative buyers and sellers...