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Vestiaire Collective opens new Paris headquarters

Luxury resale platform Vestiaire Collective has opened its new headquarters in Paris featuring an innovative, eco-designed space that puts employee wellbeing at the forefront and offers a new flex-office approach to a hybrid model between the office and remote working. The B Corp certified company has transformed a historical Parisian building...

May 23, 2022

Fashion

Making circularity a reality with circularity.ID®

In a circular fashion system, garments need to be designed not only for recycling but also to be used longer and more intensively. But the product’s design is just the starting point. To be able to circulate, essential product data needs to be accessible to all stakeholders along the value chain for them to optimize decision-making on use,...

May 23, 2022

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Report: Resale market to more than double by 2026, US to lead the charge

The global fashion resale market is expected to grow 127 percent by 2026, three times faster than the broader retail clothing sector, according to a new report. That growth will be fueled by the US, where the second-hand market is expected to more than double to 82 billion dollars by 2026 - 16 times faster than the broader retail fashion market....

May 18, 2022

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Resale tech company Recurate raises 14 million dollars in funding

Recurate, a branded resale technology company, has raised 14 million dollars in funding to accelerate growth and expand its services. The funding round was led by Jump Capital, with participation from Gradient Ventures, XRC Labs, Victress Capital, Revolution's Rise of the Rest Fund, and AngelList Early-Stage Quant Fund. It brings Recurate's...

May 17, 2022

Business

The North Face to enhance circular clothing programme with new partnerships

Outerwear specialist The North Face is set to further enhance its resale programme through a new partnership with Archive, a resale tech company, and the further integration of cleaning technology by Tersus Solutions. The North Face Renewed, the brand’s resale platform which launched back in 2018, will utilise Tersus’ waterless cleaning...

May 12, 2022

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LVMH’s Nona Source opens its first UK showroom

Nona Source, the established luxury fabric resale platform, which re-values deadstock fabrics and leathers from LVMH Fashion and Leather Goods Maisons, has opened its first UK showroom at The Mills Fabrica in London. The start-up was launched last year to serve the creative community, selling surplus fabrics from the LVMH fashion and leather...

May 11, 2022

BusinessFeatured

Sustainability round-up April 2022

On 22nd April, the world celebrated another Earth Day, which is intended to encourage a general appreciation of nature and a rethinking of our consumer behaviour. The fashion industry also timed some initiatives accordingly, such as the publication of impact tools (Parade, Vestiaire Collective) and new, more sustainable collections (Shein, Ugg,...

May 9, 2022

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...

Apr 26, 2022

Business

Resale site Hewi introduces carbon neutral logistics

Luxury resale site Hardly Ever Worn It (Hewi) has announced a new partnership with Advanced Clothing Solutions (ACS) that will see it introduce a carbon neutral logistics service to its features. Hewi’s logistics service will now utilise ozone technology to clean garments through microplastic filters that help minimise water pollution and...

Apr 26, 2022

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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...

Apr 22, 2022

Fashion Featured

Timberland unveils first full circular shoe and expands take-back programme

Timberland has unveiled the Timberloop Trekker City Hiker, the brand's first footwear designed for full circularity, alongside the news that it is expanding its product take-back programme, which launched in the US earlier this year to include markets in Europe. New for spring/summer 2022, the Timberloop Trekker City Hiker has been designed with...

Apr 22, 2022

Business

ThredUp releases report reviewing branded resale programmes

Resale platform ThredUp has revealed a new report offering a detailed review of brands and retailers that are currently operating dedicated resale programmes. Set to become a monthly index and measuring year-over-year (YoY), the Recommerce 100 has been conducted by resale analysts and tracks the adoption of resale initiatives as well as which...

Apr 22, 2022