Ebay UK is continuing its relationship with reality series Love Island through a new pre-loved fashion deal with one of this season’s ‘Islanders’, Tasha Ghouri. According to the marketplace platform, the partnership with Ghouri, who has been named as its ‘Pre-Loved Ambassador, marks the first non-fast fashion brand deal to come out of the...
11 Aug 2022
Finnish design company Marimekko is set to launch a community-centred marketplace for the brand’s secondhand and vintage goods. Preparing to go live August 25, ‘Marimekko Pre-loved’ will allow for both peer-to-peer sales and B2C independent vendors in a bid to further the lifespan of its products. Sellers will be able to either redeem their...
5 Aug 2022
French secondhand fashion retailer Verstiaire Collective is now offering secondhand fashion items to customers in South Korea via a new, fully localised service, which is the fourth of its kind, following successful launches in Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong. This move allows South Korean consumers to buy from the existing global catalog...
27 Jul 2022
In this episode, Conscious Chatter discusses the digitization of secondhand with the CEO of online vintage marketplace Thrilling, Shilla Kim-Parker. "We put a lot of thought into - how do we present vintage and secondhand, because I don't want secondhand to be thought of as a lesser, marginalized shopping experience. The goal is to get everyone...
24 Nov 2021
Rebag has unveiled a new extension of its proprietary pricing tool, Clair AI. The new software utilizes image recognition technology to instantly determine the resale value of luxury handbags. Clair AI is powered by machine-learning and backed by six years of data and millions of image references collected by Rebag. The tool can currently...
4 Feb 2021
The equivalent weight of 900 double-decker buses has been saved from landfill, thanks to purchases of pre-loved items this year, according to data from eBay, as sales of secondhand fashion soared during lockdown. The data reveals that two secondhand fashion items were sold every three-seconds between January and July this year on eBay, as...
2 Sept 2020
StitchFix, ThredUp, Rent-the-Runway, The RealReal and Vestiaire Collective are just some of the leaders defining the new frontier of shopping for clothes, from fashion subscription services to the re-sale revolution, to peer-to-peer marketplaces, that is changing how we consume fashion. As the global need for sustainability challenges the...
19 Aug 2019
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