Inditex, through his 'flagship' incorporates also to the wave of the brands that add to his services the sale of his secondhand pieces.
The first to test it and that will serve like pilot to the others countries will be the British people. From 3 November in United Kingdom, will have access to 'Zara Pre Owned', that is a platform that will allocate to the buying and selling of pieces of the secondhand mark. The consumers will be able to access to 'Zara Pre-Owned' so much of digital way and physical, since also it will integrate in the points of sale.
As it has specified the 'diario Expansion', the process will work of customer to customer: "lyou users can revender or buy any piece of Zara independently of the collection. Zara puts the technology and the service to the customer" specify from the half.
From Inditex, have explained that they are conscious that this line of business won't be profitable at the beginning, but that conceive it like "a tool to help to the customers to extend the useful life of his clothes and adopt a more circular approach" indicates Paula Ampuero, that is director of sustainability in Zara.
Inditex, through Zara, offers also the 'Service of repair' of pieces of the signature by means of the which, the customers will be able to have the assistance to be able to repair and restore any piece used of Zara, independently of the season to which belong. This service goes oriented to the replacement of buttons, zips and repairs of sewings.
Another reading that can extract of this news, is that Zara would have launched precisely now in the market of the second hand taking advantage of that Vinted begins to accumulate numerous complaints by deceptions and swindles that are producing lately through the platform, since in her, do not exist intermediate between sellers and buyers.
Shein Joins to the 'party of the resale'
Obviously, the giant of the 'fast-fashion' Asian, did not go to be less than Inditex. By what the announcement of both went almost of the hand. The retailer giant Chinese, that covers fashion, beauty, accessories and home, announced on 17 October that launched his platform of resale to buy and sell exclusive products of the mark.
Designated as 'Shein Exchange' this future tool pretends to simplify the process of resale doing it easier and accessible. For the moment only it will be available for consumers of the United States, although the company expects to extend it to global level the next year.
"In Shein, think that is part of our responsibility build a fashionable future in which the access was equal for all while we treat to accelerate the process of research of solutions to reduce the textile waste", explains in a press release Adam Whinston, global leader of ESG in Shein.