DHL Provide Chain is the brand new logistics service supplier for Reflaunt, a expertise platform that allows branded trend resale. The collaboration is illustrative of the expansion and potential of recommerce in Europe.

In keeping with DHL and Reflaunt, scalability is the largest problem in efficiently reselling trend gadgets. The businesses declare to have discovered an answer to this problem. From the press launch: “Following a profitable one-year pilot with DHL Provide Chain in Poland, Reflaunt will now be capable to supply their prospects a platform that redefines how manufacturers energy their resale operations; bringing collectively scalability, infrastructure, and value administration.”

DHL personnel and services

Underneath the association, manufacturers contract with Reflaunt to handle their resale operations. All merchandise are dealt with and authenticated by DHL personnel at DHL services. The logistics service supplier picks up, inspects, grades, and pictures the merchandise earlier than including them to Reflaunt’s proprietary expertise. DHL additionally manages stock, storage, achievement, and outbound distribution. In keeping with Reflaunt, the partnership will broaden its recommerce capabilities and additional reshape the dynamics of trend resale.

‘The deal will reshape the dynamics of trend resale.’

Reflaunt providers Concierge and Takeback are already operational with manufacturers like Altuzarra, Balenciaga, Harvey Nichols, and Web-a-porter. The providers are absolutely built-in right into a European DHL Provide Chain warehouse operation. Reflaunt reaches greater than thirty platforms for outbound sell-through, together with eBay, Rebelle, Saks OFF fifth, Vestiaire Collective, and Yoox.

Maximize sell-through

With its new logistics accomplice, Reflaunt will be capable to maximize the sell-through of things, together with returns, offering manufacturers with “a complete answer that mitigates the complexities of the resale market”, the corporate states. In keeping with CEO Stephanie Crespin, Reflaunt brings round trend nearer by tearing down partitions between 1st and 2nd hand, and between ecommerce and recommerce.

‘Reflaunt tears down partitions between 1st and 2nd hand.’

The European recommerce market is booming, with Amazon already reserving over a billion euros per yr in second-hand procuring income. Final week, Want introduced a European trade-in service.