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Childrenswear resale platform Dotte closes its doors

The childrenswear resale marketplace Dotte has announced its decision to shutter its business after the “current climate” made it “impossible” to continue. The peer-to-peer platform was launched nearly three years ago by co-founders Samantha Valentine and Louise Weiss, who established the concept due to personal frustration with “the lack of...

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Childrenswear resale marketplace Dotte to launch app

Dotte, a British childrenswear resale marketplace, is set to unveil its first mobile app on November 14, as it looks to continue expanding its circular apparel offer. The launch comes as the retailer celebrates its second anniversary, has been dropped alongside a rejuvenated brand image and plans to introduce a slew of new features. The app...

Fashion

Clarks joins resale market with Dotte

Footwear brand Clarks has joined Dotte’s Resale Collective to allow customers to earn rewards for selling outgrown Clarks shoes on the platform. Dotte is the UK’s first fully circular peer-to-peer marketplace where parents can buy, sell, donate and recycle outgrown children’s clothing. It launched its Resale Collective in 2021 with leading...

Business

Dotte reports successful crowdfunding campaign

Kidswear resale site Dotte has announced a successful crowdfunding event, which allowed the general public to get involved in investing in the platform’s future. In a statement to FashionUnited, founders Samantha Valentine and Louise Weiss, said: “We’ve been blown away by the response to our crowdfund – we hit our target the morning we launched...

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Founder of kidswear resale platform, Dotte: ‘The idea came from genuine parental frustration’

Launched during the height of the pandemic, Dotte’s debut fell in line with the swift emergence of resale as an alternative form of shopping. However, unlike other platforms, co-founders and mothers Samantha Valentine and Louise Weiss, decided to opt entirely for the resale of kidswear, a largely untouched market in the secondhand sector. “The...

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M&S Kidswear joins Dotte Resale Collective

Marks & Spencer is entering the childrenswear resale market after becoming the first major high street brand to join the Dotte Resale Collective, which was launched last year by the peer-to-peer marketplace Dotte, where parents can buy, sell, donate, and recycle outgrown kidswear. The Dotte Resale Collective is made up of 16 independent and...

Fashion

Dotte launches resale collective with leading childrenswear brands

Dotte, a fashion-forward peer-to-peer marketplace, has launched the Dotte Resale Collective with leading childrenswear brands including Tobias and the Bear and Turtledove London. The new initiative offers childrenswear brands a full circle remedy to become more circular, reduce waste and ultimately minimise the impact of fast fashion by...