Home » Wholesale business ABOUT COMPANY NEWS OUR STORES WHOLESALE BUSINESS All about Second Hand Start your business PRICE LIST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ARTICLES CONTACTS CARGO TRANSIT Our VKontakte group WHOLESALE BUSINESS A bit of history In addition to being considered a noble business, second-hand trade , while providing the poor with quality and affordable clothing and contributing to the preservation of the environment, it is also a fairly lucrative business. For example, in Russia, profits in second-hand stores can range from 50% to 200%, depending on the region and type of product. While in Russia second-hand trade is still in the stage of formation and development, in the developed countries of Europe and North America it is experiencing its rebirth. Along with the rapid growth in the number of small stores, there are more and more second-hand chains , often expanding from small urban to large trade associations covering the whole country, such as Value Village (Canada), UFF (Sweden), Humana People to People (Germany). Moreover, people with low incomes and well-to-do people buy in such stores. Even representatives of the elite do not disdain to shop there and do not hide it from the media. In the CIS countries, trade in second-hand goods continues to develop rapidly, and this is largely facilitated by the current socio-economic situation. It is no coincidence that one of the main world consumers of this product is now Russia and the countries of Eastern Europe. If in the early 90s the not entirely legal sale of things sent in the form of "humanitarian aid" prevailed in our country, now it is basically a civilized, like in the whole world, trade in second hand goods . We have also begun the process of forming second-hand store chains , so far only in large cities. In Moscow, for example, there are already chains "Good shopping" and "Clothes on your pocket". The main buyers in Russian stores are not so much people with low incomes, as with average incomes, who find here the opportunity to dress decently and even fashionably without any damage to the budget. Thrift stores, the forerunners of second hand in Russia , are practically out of date. There are fewer and fewer of them, since they are no longer able to compete with second-hand stores in terms of assortment and quality of goods. useful links © Trade Link 2002-2013 All right reserved Tel: +7 (499) 608-01-59 (58) E-mail: sales@tradelink.ru Site creation © 2005-2013 SoftArt Internet company About the project | Site Map