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Japan METI's cicrular Economy Action Week begins today. From today until 7 October, METI is running its "Circular Economy (CE) Action Week," timed to coincide with the annual 3R (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) Promotion Month that government ministries hold every October. Rather than another top-down advocacy for recycling or policy announcement, the campaign is asking consumers to adopt a circular habit of buying, using, separating and, eventually, circulating. Ten companies are helping consumers to visualise how the habits look like in their own way. Fashion rental service airCloset is discounting its first month's subscription by up to 30%, while furniture rental platform CLAS is cutting monthly fees on its CIRCLE range by as much as half. Suntory is publishing videos and quizzes on its bottle-to-bottle horizontal recycling, and Seven-Eleven Japan is pointing customers back to its in-store PET bottle collection machines, which have now taken in a cumulative 800 million bottles, rewarding five bottles with one nanaco point. Panasonic is launching a subscription water purifier that does away with disposable bottles altogether, Bandai Spirits is showcasing its Gunpla plastic model recycling scheme, Lion is collecting used toothbrushes for reprocessing, and Kao is using social media to explain its own resource loops. Reform Studio is hosting hands-on repair and remake sessions at AEON Mall Urawa Misono from 2 to 4 October. There will also be a physical event, to be held at MARK IS Minatomirai, where a Pac-Man tie-in event on 3 and 4 October turns waste sorting into a ticket to arcade play. Mercari, meanwhile, is reaching both ends of the generational spectrum, offering a week-long social media giveaway, while their Mercari Kids Flea Market events in Tokyo on 17 October and Osaka on 25 October let children try buying and selling first-hand. In additional to the campaign, METI also unveiled a "CE Action" logo to mark its launch. Any member of its Circular Partners (CPs) network, a roughly 600-strong public-private partnership, can now use on their own materials.

How to crosslist from Mercari to Poshmark: A reseller's guide. Published 2026-09-18 If you already sell on Mercari, bringing your active catalogue over to Poshmark is one of the most effective ways to increase sales. Poshmark operates as a social commerce platform with a large buyer base for fashion and lifestyle items, while Mercari functions as a straightforward resale app. Learning how to crosslist your items between both marketplaces lets you reach two distinct audiences without spending hours retyping every listing by hand. Understanding the differences: Mercari vs Poshmark. Mercari and Poshmark attract different buyer demographics and use distinct listing structures. Mercari caters to search-driven shoppers looking for clothing, electronics, home goods, and collectibles. Poshmark leans heavily into social commerce, where community sharing, brand followings, and curated party feeds drive secondhand fashion discovery. When you crosslist items between channels, you must account for each platform's listing requirements. Poshmark relies on structured brand mapping profiles and specific sizing conventions, whereas Mercari offers a simpler listing structure. Adapting your inventory to fit each platform ensures your items rank well in search results and convert into sales. Key capabilities for crosslisting success. Manually copying titles, descriptions, prices, and photos between platforms takes significant time. Modern crosslisting workflows streamline this process by automating how inventory details transition between marketplaces. * Dynamic size mapper: Translates footwear and apparel sizes into the correct target marketplace taxonomy. * Brand mapping profiles: Aligns listing details with approved platform brand directories. * Real-time sold delisting: Detects sales across connected channels to remove sold items automatically and prevent double sales. * Single-click crossposting: Sends prepared drafts straight to your target marketplace accounts. Setting up your desktop listing environment. To run your crosslisting workflow efficiently, you need a desktop or laptop computer running Google Chrome. Listing automation relies on browser extensions to communicate with your signed-in seller accounts, which mobile web browsers cannot support. While web dashboards let you review inventory on a phone, photographing, drafting, and crosslisting items requires a desktop browser setup. Make sure you remain signed in to your marketplace seller accounts in Chrome. Swiftlisted is building dedicated integration lanes for Mercari and Poshmark on its roadmap. Once these lanes ship, you will be able to crosslist, translate categories, and synchronise sold items seamlessly across both platforms alongside currently supported channels. Best practices for managing multi-channel inventory. Maintaining an organised central stockroom is essential when selling across multiple channels. Keep track of item states - whether an item is a draft, live, or sold - so you always know where your stock is listed. During photography, always capture clear, well-lit shots of size tags and brand labels. Clear photos help automated vision tools draft titles, descriptions, and categories accurately, making your review process fast and straightforward before hitting post. Common questions. * Can I crosslist from Mercari to Poshmark on a mobile phone? - No. Crosslisting automation requires a desktop or laptop computer running Google Chrome with the extension installed. Mobile browsers do not support extension automation, though you can view your stockroom dashboard on mobile. * Do I need existing seller accounts on both marketplaces? - Yes. Swiftlisted posts directly to your existing store accounts on connected marketplaces - it does not create new marketplace accounts for you. * How does sold detection prevent double sales? - When an item sells on one connected platform, background sold detection detects the purchase, updates your central inventory record, and delists the sold item across your other channels. * What do I need to start crosslisting with Swiftlisted? - You need a desktop or laptop running Google Chrome, the Swiftlisted Chrome extension, item photos, and active seller accounts on the marketplaces you sell on. List once, sell everywhere. Swiftlisted photographs, describes and crosslists your stock across every marketplace you sell on - then delists it everywhere when it sells.