The Recommerce Playbook: From Returns to Revenue

Discover how leading brands turn complex returns and refurbishment processes into a structured profit engine with recommerce strategies that actually work.
$335B
Market opportunity
65-80%
Retention rate
14%
Growth per year

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What's Inside?

A practical roadmap for launching and scaling your profitable recommerce business—from initial strategy through day-to-day operations.

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The Economics

Refurbished products deliver 65-80% margins, while recycling recovers less than 10%. Learn why resale beats recycling every time.

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The Market

The global recommerce market is valued at $137B today and projected to hit $335B by 2033. Discover where the biggest opportunities lie.

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The Factors

5 critical success factors and 5 common pitfalls to avoid when launching your recommerce program—practical and actionable.

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The How-To

Complete operational framework covering product intake, grading, refurbishment, and resale—with full transparency and traceability.

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The Regulations

ESPR, Right to Repair, and CSRD are turning recommerce from nice-to-have into must-have. Learn how to turn compliance into competitive advantage.

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Success Stories

See how Deutsche Telekom, Canon, Tchibo, and Jungheinrich have built scalable recommerce operations that actually work.

Is Recommerce the Right Move for your Business?

Not every product is built for resale. In 30 minutes, we’ll show you if recommerce can drive profit for you. Here’s what we clarify in your free assessment:

Strategic Fit

Does recommerce support your long-term growth and brand goals?

Unit Economics

Can you run recommerce profitably with your current portfolio and margins?

Product Suitability

Are your products built for refurbishment, resale, and longer lifecycles?

Volume & Flow

Do your returns and B-stock volumes justify a dedicated recommerce operation?

Infrastructure Readiness

Do you have (or can you build) the operations to launch and scale recommerce?

30 min

Recommerce assessment

What You’ll Get

✅ We’ll tell you straight if recommerce doesn’t fit your business

✅ If there’s potential, you’ll leave with concrete next steps to unlock it

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About the Authors

Learn who shaped this guide and their hands-on experience with recommerce.

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Andrea Schneller

Founder & CEO

koorvi

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Michael Leitl

Executive Director

INDEED Innovation

INDEED Innovation is a global design and innovation consultancy specializing in circular economy transformation. The firm works with forward-thinking organizations to redesign products, services, and business models for a regenerative future.

Through strategic design expertise and hands-on implementation support, INDEED helps brands turn circular ambitions into commercially viable solutions, delivering environmental impact alongside business growth.

koorvi is a resale platform that makes it more attractive to buy refurbished than new. With its software, brands can launch their own resale shop within days and turn returns, B-stock, and used products into profit.

The platform digitizes and automates the entire journey, from buy-back and intake to refurbishment and resale, enabling brands to reduce emissions, reach new customers, and transform what was once a cost center into a sustainable growth driver.