Asda Introduces Secondhand Apparel in 50 Stores

Retailers of most types and sizes are seeking ways to plan a good secondhand and vintage apparel boom-even U.K. supermarket chain Asda. The retailer released a fresh partnership between its clothing manufacturer George at Asda and vintage manner wholesaler Preloved Vintage Wholesale (PVW) which will introduce secondhand vogue in 50 of its stores.

The concept gives a new life to vintage, retro and secondhand branded garments sourced by PVW. It'll be offered at places in London, Bristol, Birmingham, Edinburgh and Brighton.

“We realize that sustainable style is something that’s really important to our buyers and colleagues,” explained Mel Wilson, George at Asda’s global professional lead-sustainable sourcing and top quality. “They’re passionate about us encouraging everyone in the U.K. to take into account the issues of waste and how exactly we can make fashion and textiles extra circular, in order that we genuinely can reduce the quantity of garments that go into landfill.”


While PVW offers pre-owned fashion by excess fat online and at its Sheffield City shop, the garments at Asda will be individually priced. As a business, PVW studies that it has preserved over 800 tonnes of clothing from going to landfill. The cost savings are “set to increase dramatically” using its partnership with Asda, explained Steve Lynam, PVW taking care of director.

“In a global where we have become extra environmentally conscious this partnership can help bring sustainable trend to the mainstream which is something as being a business we strive for in everything we conduct,” he said. “The considerably more people that agree with the circular market and store vintage and retro, the bigger impact we could have on climate change.”

Asda tested the secondhand spectrum at its initial sustainability store found in Leeds. Opened in October 2020, the concept store provides recycling conveniences, sells sustainable George collections and sells loose and unwrapped home items and groceries to motivate consumers to make use of refill reusable containers. Asda ideas to open even more sustainability stores in 2021.

The efforts are the main company’s “George for Good” commitment to combat textile waste and promote sustainable sourcing. Other innovative circularity initiatives include its take-back again scheme, which accepts customers’ unwanted garments in trade for a ten percent discount voucher.

As circularity becomes increasingly prevalent, the secondhand industry has similarly been thriving in recent years.

A 2020 GlobalData analysis conducted together with resale program ThredUp projected a 414 percent expansion in the resale industry from 2019 to 2024-and ThredUp’s recent $168 million IPO assists confirm the lofty prediction. Andy Ruben, CEO of Trove, a technology provider that helps makes and suppliers like Nordstrom build out their personal resale platforms, just lately advised retailers to enter on the secondhand wave or risk being obsolete.

“Brands aren’t likely to now let [resale] live beyond your brand, they’re likely to want to own it again,” Ruben said. “That’s the shift that’s coming. Any brand that is worthwhile would want to own the forex market because this is a substantial shift with how persons shop.”

Berlin-based e-commerce huge Zalando is pursuing suit and expanding after its pre-possessed shopping and selling initiative. In April, it declared that it would start its resale program to seven new marketplaces. Brands such as Levi’s and Guess also have joined up with the resale wave, enabling customers to purchase secondhand things through their channels.