The Charity Retail Organisation, the UK’s voice of charity retail, has launched its annual #GoodCauseSantaClaus campaign to encourage shoppers to purchase from charity shops this Christmas. The organisation is calling on the public to pledge to buy presents from its shops and spread the word about the wonders of preloved. There are approximately...
16 Nov 2021
Ebay UK, one of the largest luxury watch marketplaces in the world, is expanding its ‘Authenticity Guarantee’ service, with a new post-sale authentication service for luxury watches sold for 2,000 pounds or more in the UK. The ‘Authenticity Guarantee’ offers “meticulous inspection and verification” by independent experts and provides an “extra...
11 Oct 2021
Fashion marketplace app Depop has announced it will be launching a programme dedicated to assisting charity shops in the building of their online businesses through its marketplace. Through its new Charity Seller Programme, Depop aims to provide a variety of UK-based charities with the tools, resources, exclusive offers and personalised support...
1 Oct 2021
On Monday, Selfridges launched its new concept Resellfridges: The Wedding. Over the next five weeks, future brides, grooms, and their guests will be able to shop pre-loved and vintage wedding pieces and accessories. The wedding takeover can be found at the Corner Shop location on Oxford Street, and will stick around until September 5. The vast...
3 Aug 2021
One word that adequately describes how consumers today, particularly younger generations, seek to change the fashion narrative for good: sustainability. Following the rise of fast-fashion business models, which focus on low prices, high collection turnarounds and cheaper materials, the negative impacts of overconsumption are being seen and felt...
9 Jun 2021
It’s Monday, 7am, and with a cup of freshly brewed coffee, I’ve gone back to the drawing board. I’ve listed my biggest challenges and hindrances to growing my 3-year-old marketplace, StyleTribute, a Southeast Asian pioneer in secondhand luxury. My whiteboard now reads: • How do we scale the supply of inventory and acquire new sellers? • How do...
7 May 2021
Today, vintage and resale are becoming an established and formal element of the fashion industry. A recent report indicated that resale has grown 21x faster than traditional retail over the past three years. By 2023, the market is set to reach $51bn, growing at an annual projected rate of 16%. In 2020 the market beat those projections, with...
22 Feb 2021
Ebay has revealed that the UK second-hand fashion market is experiencing a 187 million pound boom as the ‘Blue Planet effect’ prompts UK consumers to ‘close the loop’ on fast fashion. UK shoppers spent 187 million pounds on 20 million pre-owned fashion items on eBay in the last 12 months, a 15 percent rise in five years, as circular economy...
10 Sept 2019
As sustainable-conscious consumers continue to swoon over pre-loved items, a new study suggests that the UK’s second hand item market is set to surge in the coming years, echoing industry reports that the market could overtake the fast fashion market by 2029. In a poll of 1500 respondents conducted by waste management agency BusinessWaste.co.uk,...
26 Mar 2019
Source: Highsnobiety channel, YouTube.
6 Nov 2018
Buying second hand clothes is nothing new, but the sector has been growing considerably thanks to the Internet. The second hand market generated 360 billion US dollars worldwide in 2017, according to fashion resale service Thredup, with online sales of second hand items growing 35 percent against just 8 percent for brick and mortar stores. By...
23 Oct 2018
New York – Consumers’ habits have changed dramatically since the economic recession hit a decade ago. Online shopping has become the new normal, while more and more consumers turn into savvy thrifters. The result? Second-hand apparel sales are estimated to surpass 40 billion dollars by 2022. Consumers have increasingly turned to second-hand...
12 Aug 2018
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