Every morning,
five thousand shops
open their doors.
Behind every door is a business someone built.
From single-owner consignment boutiques to 200-vendor malls and high-volume resale operations, Emporia builds the software behind them — what comes in, what sells, who gets paid, and what happens next.
What we believe
Five thousand businesses. Billions in commerce. And an opportunity to connect what happens in-store to a much bigger secondhand economy.
They built this
The value was never in question. Finding the right buyer was.
The shop owner who knew that chair was worth saving. The vendor who turned a weekend booth into a business. The family that opened one store and then another.
They know
what sells.
Years of judgment, instinct and customer knowledge go into every rack, shelf and booth.
They built loyal followings.
Regulars come back because the people behind these businesses know what they love and what they’ll want next.
They built the secondhand economy.
One item, one customer and one store at a time. We’re here to help them take it further.
What we believe
The future of secondhand starts in the store.
There’s something powerful about a physical secondhand store. You can pick something up, turn it over, try it on and decide for yourself what it’s worth.
We believe the next chapter isn’t about replacing the store. It’s about giving it reach.
Our companies
Three companies, because one wouldn’t fit.
A shop with one owner and a mall with two hundred vendors don’t price, stock or sell the same way. That’s why Emporia runs different products for different parts of secondhand.
Explore our companiesResale is one of the most durable markets in commerce. Most people underestimate it. We don’t.
Jeff DickersonChief Executive Officer, Emporia Holdings
