EP 225: RETHINKING RESALE AND RETAIL SURVIVAL WITH JESSICA RENNARD
Wed Feb 04 2026
Jessica Rennard is the President of NuSource, a female-led micro-wholesale platform powering the demand side of resale. With 15+ years in circular fashion, she partners with leading brands to turn excess, returned, and take-back inventory into scalable resale channels—bridging sustainability goals with real revenue. Known for building from the ground up, Jessica brings a pragmatic, operator’s lens to how brands can unlock value, visibility, and longevity in the secondhand economy.
In this episode Jessica walks us through how NuSource sources, sorts, and redistributes returns and excess inventory to resellers and retailers — creating predictable secondary channels that protect brand value and reduce landfill. We dig into operations, pricing strategies, merchandising one-offs, live selling, and how resale can become a true acquisition channel for brands.
We are doing our first-ever open call! You can submit your store or favorite store to be on the podcast because every store has a story behind it! Go to theretailwhorepodcast.com, click on SUBMIT YOUR STORE, fill out an easy form and we’ll see you on the mic!
What’s inside
How brands can turn returns and take-back programs into revenue streams — real examples and pricing tiers (Lululemon, OGL, and others).The warehouse playbook: sorting tech, grading, fulfillment flows and how to scale one-off inventory operations without breaking margins.Retail tactics that work: merchandising one-offs, department takeovers, and live selling strategies to drive urgency and higher sell-through.Mentioned In This Episode:
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Jessica Rennard is the President of NuSource, a female-led micro-wholesale platform powering the demand side of resale. With 15+ years in circular fashion, she partners with leading brands to turn excess, returned, and take-back inventory into scalable resale channels—bridging sustainability goals with real revenue. Known for building from the ground up, Jessica brings a pragmatic, operator’s lens to how brands can unlock value, visibility, and longevity in the secondhand economy. In this episode Jessica walks us through how NuSource sources, sorts, and redistributes returns and excess inventory to resellers and retailers — creating predictable secondary channels that protect brand value and reduce landfill. We dig into operations, pricing strategies, merchandising one-offs, live selling, and how resale can become a true acquisition channel for brands. We are doing our first-ever open call! You can submit your store or favorite store to be on the podcast because every store has a story behind it! Go to theretailwhorepodcast.com, click on SUBMIT YOUR STORE, fill out an easy form and we’ll see you on the mic! What’s inside How brands can turn returns and take-back programs into revenue streams — real examples and pricing tiers (Lululemon, OGL, and others).The warehouse playbook: sorting tech, grading, fulfillment flows and how to scale one-off inventory operations without breaking margins.Retail tactics that work: merchandising one-offs, department takeovers, and live selling strategies to drive urgency and higher sell-through.Mentioned In This Episode: Instagram Facebook The NUSOURCE Website Support the show