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Jan 14, 2022

Back Market is now worth $5.7 billion. But that’s not the most interesting number in our book.

Thibaud Hug de Larauze / CEO, Back Market We’ve just announced another investment round of $510 million, raising Back Market’s valuation to $5.7 billion. It’s a big deal, especially coming just 8 months after our last fundraising. We don’t want to pretend otherwise. But we also don’t want to lose…

Sustainability

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Back Market is now worth $5.7 billion. But that’s not the most interesting number in our book.
Back Market is now worth $5.7 billion. But that’s not the most interesting number in our book.
Sustainability

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May 20, 2021

Back Market: On raising $335 million and how this money is going to change us

By: Vianney Vaute / Cofounder & Chief Creative Officer You know how there are people who win the lottery and then all their friends and family from before say “Oh, the money…

Fundraising

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Back Market: On raising $335 million and how this money is going to change us
Back Market: On raising $335 million and how this money is going to change us
Fundraising

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Jul 12, 2019

Still In Its Prime Day

Vianney Vaute / CCO, Back Market In 2015, Amazon decided to celebrate 20 years in its role as co-conspirator to the American people in their “little shopping habit” by — very appropriately — creating Amazon Prime Day, a summer event meant to induce a shopping frenzy and encourage people to…

Ecommerce

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Still In Its Prime Day
Still In Its Prime Day
Ecommerce

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May 27, 2019

Rebranding Back Market: Scaling Without Selling Out

Vianney Vaute / CCO, Back Market It’s been over 4 years since Back Market made its first sale, in France, where our story began. That was a time when Thibaud, Quentin and I imagined ourselves to be a little bit like revolutionaries, the three of us trying to reimagine electronics…

Startup

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Rebranding Back Market: How To Scale While Keeping Our Startup’s Soul Alive
Rebranding Back Market: How To Scale While Keeping Our Startup’s Soul Alive
Startup

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Mar 5, 2019

Stopping the Lemon Effect: How To Save The Refurbished Industry and The Circular Economy

By: Vianney Vaute / CCO Back Market The refurbished electronics market seems to be doing great, at least if we go by the numbers of the refurbished smartphone market that have been bandied…

Sustainability

5 min read

Stopping the Lemon Effect: How To Save The Refurbished Industry and The Circular Economy
Stopping the Lemon Effect: How To Save The Refurbished Industry and The Circular Economy
Sustainability

5 min read


Feb 22, 2019

Why Buyers Should Beware The New Apple-Amazon Deal

by: Vianney Vaute / CCO, Back Market Apple and Amazon have announced what many might consider an innocuous partnership. On the surface, Apple appears to be just another in a long line of brands that will sell their products on the monstrous e-commerce site that has become the go-to shopping…

Apple

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Why Buyers Should Beware The New Apple-Amazon Deal
Why Buyers Should Beware The New Apple-Amazon Deal
Apple

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Nov 19, 2018

Black Friday: A Conscientious Buyer’s Guide To Buying Electronics

by: Vianney Vaute / CCO, Back Market We can bash Black Friday and mindless consumerism until the cows come home, but let’s face it — who doesn’t love a bargain? Credit cards in hand, people are going to go out there en masse the Friday after Thanksgiving and they’re going…

Retail

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Black Friday: A Conscientious Buyer’s Guide To Buying Electronics
Black Friday: A Conscientious Buyer’s Guide To Buying Electronics
Retail

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Nov 6, 2018

Recycling is not the answer to the e-waste crisis.

by: Vianney Vaute / CCO, Back Market People feel good about recycling, maybe even more so when it comes to electronics. Remembering to take your computer or smartphone and dropping it off to be recycled feels like an accomplishment in itself. But while electronics recycling isn’t bad — making it…

Recycling

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Recycling is not the answer to the e-waste crisis.
Recycling is not the answer to the e-waste crisis.
Recycling

5 min read


Oct 19, 2018

HALLOWEEN SPECIAL: ATTACK OF THE ZOMBIELECTRONICS

A true story with an apocalyptic end (that may still, possibly, be averted).

Green

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ATTACK OF THE ZOMBIELECTRONICS
ATTACK OF THE ZOMBIELECTRONICS
Green

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Oct 15, 2018

Where We Need To Bring The Tech Backlash

by Vianney Vaute / CCO, Back Market Instead of being faced with the doting and permissive public of earlier times, technology companies are now being asked hard questions about their ethics and their responsibilities to humanity at large. Slowly but surely, even the giants are being forced to listen and…

Environment

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Where We Need To Bring The Tech Backlash
Where We Need To Bring The Tech Backlash
Environment

5 min read

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