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Just a few years ago, no one would have imagined renting a bike, a drill, or even a children's toy. Today, it has become almost natural.
Luxury and the Circular Model?
DNVB and the Circular Economy?
Functional Economy: A Revolution for Rental
Discover the functional economy, a new model revolutionizing rental by prioritizing usage over ownership for sustainable consumption.
Functional Economy: A Revolution for Renting
The Second Hand - Pillar of the Circular Economy
Clothing Rental: Key Challenges and Strategic Levers
Guide: Launching Rental Offers
7 key steps to launch your project risk-free.
Equipment Rental Business Profitability in 2025
Circular Rental Initiatives in Europe and the USA
The best repair shop software in 2025
Turning Second-Hand Into a Profitable Business: The Guide
How to Master Refurbishment Costs in 2025
How to Valorize an Idle Used Vehicle Fleet?
Refurbishing household appliances with Refit
How to optimize your professional equipment rental service
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Thriving Refurbishment Sectors in 2024
Refurbishment: Software to Transform Your Business
Refurbishment has become an essential pillar for many businesses seeking to maximize the lifespan of their products while reducing costs and waste.
Appliance Refurbishment with Refit
Appliance refurbishment is a rapidly expanding sector gaining importance in our modern society.
The Refurbishment Market in 2025
The refurbishment market is experiencing impressive growth and continues to surprise with its innovations.
Functionality Economy: A Revolution for Rental
Strategies for Success in the Bike Rental Business
Appliance Rental: A Modern and Practical Alternative
In the appliance sector, rental offers an innovative solution for entrepreneurs and rental operators.
Rototiller Rental: The Renters' Guide
Rental ROI Calculator
5 Benefits of the Subscription Business Model
The DIY Market and Tool Rental in 2025?
Second Hand - Pillar of the Circular Economy
Excel or ZIQY, which solution to choose?
Circular Economy and the Rental Platform Model
5 Essential Steps to Launch Your Rental Offer
The Circular Business Model: The Only Viable Economic Model by 2030?
Can secondhand fashion really replace fast fashion?
Clothing production alone accounts for <mark>10% of global carbon emissions</mark> and is the world's second-largest water consumer
4 Questions Before Considering the Rental Model
The numbers speak for themselves: our current consumption model generates massive waste and critical environmental pollution.
Retail and Circular Economy: A Viable Model for Brands?
Rental and Circular Economy: What Connection?
Does rental enable accelerating the circular transition? Analysis of barriers, levers, and opportunities of the rental model.
Subscription and Retail Distribution: A Customer Loyalty Strategy?
You might think that the subscription model is reserved for media, digital services like SaaS software or streaming. But what about retail distribution?
The second-hand market: a market full of opportunities
The resale sector is expected to experience <mark>**11 times faster growth by 2025**</mark> than the new product sales sector.
Subscription Model: 8 Reasons to Adopt It for Your Business
Are your sales plateauing? Are your margins shrinking? Is your marketing strategy struggling to make your acquisition efforts profitable?
Appliance Rental and Circular Economy: What Impact?
In 2020, French consumers spent €1.2 billion on major appliances and €822 million on small appliances
How Subscription Models Boost Mobility as a Service
Urban mobility is undergoing profound transformation. Consumers, seeking transportation solutions best suited to their lifestyles, are increasingly turning away from ownership.
Car Subscription: What Impact for Electric Vehicles?
Despite a severe blow to the automotive industry from the global pandemic and its impact on mobility, electric vehicle sales have grown strongly worldwide in 2020.
Rent the Runway: A Resilient Clothing Rental Success Story
The year 2020 shook many business sectors, some harder than others. Fashion experienced a real earthquake, as the sector was only at the beginning of its online penetration. Production shutdowns, physical store closures, supply chain limitations, and lockdown measures completely disrupted clothing habits worldwide. Rarely has a sector faced so many simultaneous challenges.
Post-Covid Retail: How to Build Customer Loyalty?
Over the past six months, consumer habits have been completely disrupted. New health measures, social distancing requirements, random store openings... The retail sector is facing a completely unprecedented situation.
Sports Rental: An Agile and Eco-Responsible Model
What future awaits the sports industry in a post-Covid context? New health measures, travel restrictions, random closures of stores and gyms... In this context, how can consumers continue practicing their favorite sports? How can we facilitate their mobility?
Subscription doesn't sell a service, but delivers value
The subscription model today represents a market of over $1.3 trillion, with a notable acceleration of 12% annual growth since the pandemic.
Retention as a Growth Driver for the Subscription Business Model
One-third of companies offering subscription services are experiencing significant demand growth in the post-pandemic context.
New consumption patterns: towards a reinvented retail?
Consumption patterns have drastically changed. Companies that respond with innovative solutions are thriving.
Furniture Rental: A Flexible and Sustainable Alternative
Embrace flexibility without sacrificing environmental impact: discover the benefits of long-term furniture rental.
Which subscription model to choose for your business?
There are several subscription models. Their flexibility and customization possibilities make them attractive for any type of business. Which model should you adopt for your company?
The Automotive Industry Transforms Through Subscription Models
Automotive manufacturers are exploring new avenues to reach new customers and diversify their revenue streams.
Subscription: What Impact on the Industrial Value Chain?
The subscription economy represents a $435 billion market and is now transforming traditional industrial sectors after conquering B2C.
Towards an Explosion of the Subscription Economy?
The subscription economy is going through a major transformation period. In recent years, we've observed a growing interest from companies to launch their own subscription offerings.
Subscriber Lifecycle: A Reimagined Customer Relationship
What does the customer want today? This question may seem basic, yet it is crucial for all companies, regardless of their size or sector.
Retail Conquering the Circular Economy
Is it possible to combine new consumer needs, environmental imperatives, and waste reduction with business objectives? Does retail have a place in the circular economy?
Natural Link Between Subscription and Service Innovation
Beyond the simple act of purchasing, consumers increasingly aspire to enjoy a positive upstream experience. This is where service innovation comes into play.
The 5 Key Subscription Business KPIs You Need to Know
ZIQY subscription experts share valuable insights on measuring your subscription business performance.
Associations: How to Develop Donor Loyalty?
To strengthen donor loyalty, it seems imperative that associations embrace digitalization. We explain everything!
Moms: The Ideal Target for Subscription Services?
Lack of time, reduced budget - when a woman becomes a mom, her priorities evolve. This is why they represent an ideal target for subscription services.
Designing Your Interior with Furniture Rental
Great news for subscription services: Ikea is launching furniture rental. This ethical approach is likely to revolutionize the way we furnish our homes!
Daily Product Replenishment: Consumption That Responds to Real Needs
To manage everyday consumer product needs, replenishment services are evolving to meet consumers' changing requirements.
Choosing Responsible Consumption Through Subscription
Increasingly mindful of their consumption habits, French consumers want their purchases to be as responsible as possible. And subscription services meet this demand!
Smartphone Rental: The New Business Goldmine for Companies?
To remove the barrier of smartphone purchases, many companies are now offering them through rental services.
New EU and UK Rules: Circular Economy Becomes Mandatory
2024 marks a decisive turning point for the circular economy in Europe. The European Union is rolling out its new eco-design rules and 'right to repair' legislation...
CSRD and EU Ecodesign: How Retailers Are Transforming
Introduction The year 2024 marks a decisive turning point for the European economy with the progressive implementation of the Corporate Sustainability R...
Nearshoring and refurbishment: 2025 logistics revolution
Global trade reaches historic heights with $35 trillion in exchanges in 2025, according to the latest projections...
Sluggish Growth 2025: How to Optimize Retail Profitability 1
The global economy is entering a delicate phase. According to the latest forecasts from Allianz Trade, global growth...
B2B Commerce: Navigating the Era of Protectionism
Introduction: The New Protectionism and Its Impact on B2B Commerce The year 2025 marks a decisive turning point in the global economy...
Rental and Secondhand: Retailers Scale Up
Introduction The retail sector is experiencing a major transformation. In 2024, giants like H&M, Zalando, Urban Outfitters and Nike are no longer content...
Rental and Second-Hand: The Retail Revolution of Fashion Brands
Introduction Fashion and sports retail is experiencing a silent revolution. While rental and resale pilots were once confined to start-ups...
New EU Rules: How Ecodesign is Transforming Retail
Introduction The European Commission reached a decisive milestone on July 5, 2024, with the adoption of the ecodesign regulation for sustainable products...
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