Customer Engagement - When do Circular Business Models Pay Off?

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https://doi.org/10.54337/plate2025-10316

Keywords:

Circular Business Models, Fashion Retail, Customer Engagement, Buy-Back

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24-06-2025

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Wennberg, M., & Baldauf, C. (2025). Customer Engagement - When do Circular Business Models Pay Off?. Proceedings of the 6th Product Lifetimes and the Environment Conference (PLATE2025), (6). https://doi.org/10.54337/plate2025-10316

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Track 11: Clothing, Footwear, and Accessories – Extended Abstracts