04-28-2021, 09:41 PM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56916414
Supermarket chain Asda is to start selling second-hand clothes in 50 of its stores across the UK.
The retailer said the concept had already been successfully tried out at a store in Leeds, and it now plans to stock the used garments more widely.
For the venture, the George at Asda brand has joined forces with specialist wholesaler Preloved Vintage Kilo.
The move comes after Asda launched a scheme encouraging customers to take unwanted clothes back to stores.
Asda said the latest scheme would "give a new lease of life" to pre-worn garments.
Well, I suppose this is good: it's certainly better than allowing perfectly good clothes to go waste. However, it's not like it's a new idea - because charity shops have been selling second-hand clothes for many years .
I hope it succeeds - but I hope it does so by encouraging people to trade in their clothes when they would otherwise have thrown them away, and not simply by taking all the clothes that would previously have gone to charity shops!
Supermarket chain Asda is to start selling second-hand clothes in 50 of its stores across the UK.
The retailer said the concept had already been successfully tried out at a store in Leeds, and it now plans to stock the used garments more widely.
For the venture, the George at Asda brand has joined forces with specialist wholesaler Preloved Vintage Kilo.
The move comes after Asda launched a scheme encouraging customers to take unwanted clothes back to stores.
Asda said the latest scheme would "give a new lease of life" to pre-worn garments.
Well, I suppose this is good: it's certainly better than allowing perfectly good clothes to go waste. However, it's not like it's a new idea - because charity shops have been selling second-hand clothes for many years .
I hope it succeeds - but I hope it does so by encouraging people to trade in their clothes when they would otherwise have thrown them away, and not simply by taking all the clothes that would previously have gone to charity shops!
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