In a sign of weak demand for restaurants overall, the once highly valued "full" liquor licenses in San Francisco, which could only be obtained on the secondary market due to a longstanding legal exception, are now worth about a third of what they were before the pandemic. You might not think that the market price for a liquor license would fluctuate, or that the price could tank in a matter of just a few years. It's not like people have stopped drinking Gen Z maybe has and it's not like the local restaurant scene is in the doldrums like it was in 2021.
According to data tracked by Ticketdata.com, World Cup ticket prices across the secondary market - including sites like StubHub and SeatGeek - have fallen 5% over the last 7 days and 12% over the last two weeks. The steepest decline has come over the past month, with tickets now down 24%, or about $177 cheaper on average, compared to 30 days ago.
Every Van Cleef piece ever made is engraved with a unique number, which can be checked against the archives. This allows us to ensure that it's never been modified and that all the original gemstones are still there. Only pieces felt to be 'still wearable today' will enter the ever-evolving collection after authentication.
So another word about tickets. They did finally announce single-game tickets were going on sale, but only for games though June. It's not enough to keep season plans limited to those requiring fans to buy more tickets than they can use, feeding the secondary markets which the Mets also get a cut of, but "make-your-own-plan" fans like me who've reliably occupied seats for decades,
Collectible card games were the most-purchased secondhand product category for Gen Z in the US on eBay so far this year, according to data from the e-commerce platform. The trend was especially clear among Gen Z men, who collectively shifted spending from electronics to trading cards and other collectibles, according to eBay. Trading cards were also the top secondhand sales category among Gen Z women on the platform, followed by books and cameras.
In all, the study calculates that US consumers received a record $1.59bn in value through mobile device trade-ins, representing a 46% year-on-year increase. This comes after a first quarter of 2025 that saw tech consumers receive $1.24bn from mobile trade-in and upgrade programmes, a 40% increase from the same quarter a year earlier, and $1.34bn in Q2 2025, the strongest second quarter on record for smartphone trade-ins.
The Covid-driven boom came at the end of a decade of steady growth and amplified already unrealistic expectations. Whisky is notoriously difficult to forecast, and many producers were caught out by the sudden spike in demand. Secondary market prices subsequently soared, and several major brands tried to capitalize by ramping up production and raising prices to match auction values. Both moves have proved costly.
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Britain's leading banks have warned the government against capping the resale prices of concert and event tickets, claiming the move would push ticket touts and fraudulent sellers onto unregulated social media platforms. In a submission to ministers, UK Finance, the trade body representing Lloyds, NatWest, HSBC, Barclays and more than 300 other financial institutions, said proposed ticket price caps could backfire by driving "tout activity" away from regulated platforms such as Viagogo and towards sites like Facebook Marketplace, where fans are more exposed to scams.
