Retail Arbitrage: The Ticket Scalping of Fashion

The growing practice of retail arbitrage is probably not on the minds of most consumers, but nevertheless could be affecting their everyday lives by driving up the price of items on the secondary market as well as causing retailers to run out of popular products more quickly.   

Retail arbitrage involves middlemen who make purchases in brick-and-mortar as well as online shops and resell them for much more through third-party retailers like Amazon (AMZN) and eBay (EBAY).  Read more