Zara to launch pre-owned service for shoppers to buy and sell second-hand items

Exterior of Zara clothing store with blurred motion of people on city street
Zara is coming into the pre-loved market (Image: Getty Photos)

From that polka dot costume to the mini skort, there are some Zara gadgets that all of us fall in love with – and appear to promote out inside minutes.

However now, the style large is about to launch a pre-owned service, that would see your previous favourites popping again up for re-sale.

They’ll be taking up the likes of Depop and Vinted when it launches the brand new platform, Zara Pre-owned, on 3 November.

Hosted on Zara’s web site and app, customers can submit second-hand Zara gadgets on the market, in addition to ebook repairs and donate undesirable gadgets on-line, or by means of a retailer.

And should you’re promoting, you gained’t should trouble with filling out prolonged descriptions. Zara will present prospects with all of the product info on every merchandise of clothes themselves.

The excessive avenue favorite is the newest in a string of standard fast-fashion manufacturers, making an attempt to make commitments in direction of sustainability.

Boohoo – typically dubbed one of many worst offenders in relation to being eco-friendly – bought criticised final month when it introduced Kourtney Kardashian because it’s sustainability ambassador.

For purchasers eager to get their Zara favourites repaired, they'll ebook a variety of choices, which embody fixing damaged zips and changing buttons.

Zara mentioned prospects may use the app to get previous clothes picked up from their residence and brought for donation on the Pink Cross.

Paula Ampuero, head of sustainability at Zara, mentioned: ‘At this stage, this platform is solely conceived as a device to assist prospects lengthen the lifetime of their clothes and take a extra round method.’

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