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Facing Unemployment and Climate Change, Consumers Turn to Recommerce

A new study from eBay shows electronics and clothes are most popular

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Ecommerce platform eBay says Americans have an average of 36 items in their homes that can be resold.Ebay
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By Sebastian Obando

March 18, 2021

The pandemic has driven the rise of recommerce, or the sale of previously owned products, according to new research from ecommerce platform eBay.

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Sebastian Obando

Sebastian Obando is a freelance writer for Adweek.

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