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Recommerce

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Region
Val de Marne, France

Sector
Circular economy; Communication

Mode
Private

Contact information (website, SM, other)

Criteria of innovation
Innovation of product, service, and use; Process and organizational innovation; Business model innovation; Technological innovation; Social innovation

Keywords
Operator of recovery solution, reconditioning and resale of second-hand mobiles; Information system and control

How the company was founded

Information not available.


What type of company it is

Recommerce is a company transforming the life cycle management of products, materials and waste based on reconditioning of mobile electronic devices.

The main activities are: the control of the technical and logistical process, articulated with upstream and downstream partners and supported by a very solid information and pricing system. The company use an information system, allowing to manage all the trades (collection, treatment, sale) to obtain a total traceability.


Which open innovation practice are you describing

Concerning the Innovation of product, service, and use: an integrated solution for the recovery, reconditioning and resale of used mobiles

Concerning the Process and organizational innovation: A system for rating the value of electronic products has been designed to know the price of each product in real time on global markets. This makes it possible to optimize the price of recovery and resale of devices. This information system makes it possible to manage all professions to have total traceability.

Concerning the Business model innovation: manages the entire process on behalf of mobile manufacturers, distributors or operators, without interposing between the operator/distributor/customer relationship

Concerning the Technological innovation: “Recommerce Lab” was created with the objective of creating tools, carrying out studies and publishing quotes and forecasts necessary for the repurchase and resale activity (big data pricing). Experts specializing in price analysis, statistics and forecasting work internally to develop the company's business.

Concerning the Social innovation: Recommerce entrusts its processing activity to a Work Assistance Establishment and Service and to an integration company, allowing people with disabilities or professional reintegration to exercise a professional activity in a suitable environment. In addition, this makes high-end smartphones accessible to a greater number of people through second-hand purchases.


Why it was successful

Recommerce is a precursor of “reverse commerce” in Europe, initially applied to the field of mobile products. It stands out for its mastery of technical and logistical processes, supported by a solid information and pricing system.

What sets Recommerce apart is the fact of professionalizing this sector and transforming the purchase and sale of second-hand goods into a service, which is rewarding in terms of social and environmental responsibility for operators and distributors.


Who is the target group of the solution

all public.


What is the portability of the practice and are there any transversal aspects for application across other sectors

It is an example of a circular economy, the objective of which is to extend the lifespan of technical products. With the exception of the agri-food sector, it is possible to reproduce this example of circular economy in other sectors of activity.