Ikea to pilot online buyback service for secondhand furniture
Source: The Guardian ·
Service to be tested in Spain and Portugal this year, with a UK rollout if successful, as pre-loved markets boomIkea is to test an online version of its buy-back service where the retailer offers vouchers for unwanted secondhand furniture.The service will be tested in Spain and Portugal before the end of December and will be launched in the UK if it proves successful. Ikea already offers…
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Ikea is to test an online version of its buy-back service where the retailer offers vouchers for unwanted secondhand furniture. The service will be tested in Spain and Portugal before the end of December and will be launched in the UK if it proves successful. Ikea already offers buy-back in stores, including in the UK. The online version will extend it to a much wider audience, with Ikea predicting pre-owned goods are likely to grab 16% of the UK homewares market by next year The new plan emerged as the world’s largest furniture retailer takes on Vinted and eBay with its own secondhand online marketplace which launches in the UK this week. The platform, which is already online in other countries including Spain and Portugal with bestsellers including the Kallax shelving system and Malm chest of drawers, will enable shoppers signed up to the Swedish company’s membership scheme to connect directly to one another to buy and sell pre-owned Ikea items locally. The UK service will be free…