Solutions
Looking for inspiration and solutions for living more sustainably? Check out these daily highlights of innovative brands and products in apparel, home, food, travel, beauty, spirits, mobility and more!
Podcast: Greening My… Kidswear — Smarter Clothes, Smaller Footprint
In this new episode of our Greening My… series — where we examine everyday routines through a sustainability lens — we’re opening the closet to one of the fastest-changing parts of family life: kidswear. We explore the environmental footprint of children’s clothing — from resource-intensive materials to the constant cycle of outgrowing and replacing — and spotlight the innovative brands, circular platforms, and family habits that can make dressing kids easier on the planet and the wallet, without sacrificing comfort or style.
Nuuly’s Approach to Make Fashion on Rotation Mainstream
Nuuly is an apparel rental platform from the URBN family reinventing how we experience fashion, offering monthly access to a rotating closet of premium brands and vintage finds. By extending the life of garments and reducing the need for constant new production, they’re proving that what’s better for the planet can also be better for your style.
Houdini Sportswear Redefines Outdoor Apparel Through Circular Design
Houdini Sportswear is a Stockholm-based brand on a mission to reconnect people with nature and rethink how clothing is made, used and reused. Their guiding idea is simple but powerful: when people spend more time outdoors, they care more about safeguarding the planet.
Podcast: Greening My… Closet
In this new episode of our Greening My… series — where we unpack our homes and everyday habits to explore practical ways to live a bit lighter — we’re stepping into the closet. We break down the opportunities across resale, rental, repair, and return, suggest realistic shifts you can make today, and spotlight some of our favorite brands already proving that fashion can be both stylish and sustainable.
UpChoose Helps Parents Cut Waste with Circular Baby Clothing
UpChoose is rethinking how parents shop for baby clothes by offering a sustainable rental alternative to the overstuffed dresser drawer. Designed for newborns through toddlerhood, the platform provides curated, high-quality organic cotton wardrobes on a subscription basis.
Spotlight: Nuuly
Nuuly is a subscription-based fashion rental and resale platform launched by URBN. Designed to cater to the growing demand for sustainable and flexible fashion solutions, Nuuly offers customers a wide variety of contemporary, vintage and designer apparel and accessories for rent (Nuuly Rent) or purchase (Nuuly Thrift).
Spotlight: Houdini Sportswear
With its mission to push the boundaries toward a new, sustainable outdoor industry, Houdini has gained recognition for its innovative designs and sustainable practices. They offer a range of outdoor apparel, all designed to perform well in various outdoor conditions while being mindful of environmental stewardship. Their Houdini Reuse secondhand marketplace helps extend the lifetime and reduce the footprint of their garments. Houdini Circle is their circular store for Houdini clothes, where consumers can choose to buy, sell, repair and rent or subscribe.
Spotlight: Recommerce News Highlights
A look at the rise of resale. British consumers drive secondhand clothing boom. NRF / ThredUp discuss modern resale. Rawlings / SidelineSwap partner for trade-in program. News from Rehome Platform, Vinted, Carousell, Orisha, Depop, Croissant and others. And much more.
Spotlight: Recommerce News Highlights
US, Japan, Sweden, UK dominate secondhand. Ebay Recommerce Report: secondhand as lifestyle choice. Fashion rental makes a comeback. Pre-owned furniture sales growth. Winmark / Impex fitness equipment resale partnership. And much more…
Sustainable Retail & Recommerce
Brands in the news: ThredUp, J.Crew, DICK'S Sporting Goods, SidelineSwap, ROLEX, eBay UK, Mercari, Inc., UNIQLO, Carousell Group, TERSUS Solutions, The North Face, Arc'teryx Equipment, Mondi Group, GlobalData Plc, What Goes Around Comes Around, Rent The Runway, Archive, CivicScience and many more.
Sustainable Retail & Recommerce
Brands in the news: Inditex, Dr. Martens plc, TERSUS Solutions, H&M, Sellpy, Prada Group, Decathlon , Carousell Group, Orange, JBC, Vinted, Depop, Nuuly, Emmy Clothing Company, musicMagpie, CoutLoot, Euromonitor International, Recommerce Group and many more.
Sustainable Retail & Recommerce
Brands in the news: GoodBuy Gear, Kidsy, REI, Tommy Hilfiger, Depop, Trove, Carhartt, DHL, Reflaunt, Vodafone, Recommerce Group, Wish, Remarketed Group, Thrift+, ThredUp, Vinted, The RealReal, rebuy, Swoperz, MPB and many more.
Sustainable Retail & Recommerce
Brands in the news: H&M, New Balance, Archive, Amazon, Hermès, Claudie Pierlot, Epson America Inc., Recommerce Group, Beni, Cloudset, Vinted, Euromonitor International, Vendidit, Hardlyeverwornit.com, trenbe and many more.
Video: 5 in 5 (week in review)
Check out episode 16 of my new weekly video recap of five highlights in sustainable living news in five minutes curated from my #SustainableLife blog at greenlivingdoug.com. Today's recap includes: new plant-based foods arriving in 2024; WTTC and Biosphere partner to help standardize hotel sustainability; Sheep Inc. reports surge in revenue driven by sustainability; Arket and Bundlee parter in children's clothing rental; and a continued spotlight on sustainable alternatives to traditional wine bottles. Plus, a bonus spotlight on the edible cup from Cupffee.
Sustainable Retail & Recommerce
Brands in the news: ba&sh, UNIQLO, Mercari, Inc., Depop, Vestiaire Collective, Vinted, Lampoo, GoodBuy Gear, Klarna, HERA APPAREL SA DE CV, Bain & Company, EasyCep , Flowspace, Two Boxes, Fixably, Quipt, Cashify, ZestMoney, Retail Economics, MPB, PYMNTS, JapanConsuming and many more.
Sustainable Retail & Recommerce
Brands in the news: Carousell Group, Thrift+, Trove, Reskinned, Decathlon , ZARA SA, Amazon, Filson, Selfridges, eBay, Poshmark, GoodwillFinds.com, Soum, MPB, Retail Economics, Vinted, Vestiaire Collective, RockingDeals Circular Economy, Happy Returns, a UPS Company, Adevinta, Retail Insight Network, Mintel, OfferUp and more.
Sustainable Retail & Recommerce
Brands in the news: Recurate, thredUP, Nuuly, Depop, Reboxed®, RockingDeals Circular Economy, Poshmark, CompAsia, eBay, Amazon, GoodwillFinds.com, GoodBuy Gear, Seel and many more.
Sustainable Retail & Recommerce
Brands in the news: Crocs, Beyond Yoga, maje, Archive, Burton Snowboards, Arrive Recommerce, thredUP, Cobblers Direct, Canada Goose, Vinted, rebuy, Tommy Hilfiger, Watches of Switzerland Group PLC, FASHIONPHILE, WHSmith North America, Milanuncios, KEH, Pickle and many more.
Sustainable Retail & Recommerce
Brands in the news: Barclaycard Payments, ALDI USA, Archive, maje, Trek Bicycle, Decathlon International, OrotonGroup, Rntr., Reversso, IKEA, CHANEL, Worthy.com, CIRCA, Vopero, PopChill 拍拍圈, Entrupy, RockingDeals Circular Economy, eBay, GoodwillFinds.com, Development Economics Research Group (DERG) and many more.
Sustainable Retail & Recommerce
Brands in the news: Trove, Worldly, UNIQLO, eBay, Blancco Technology Group, The RealReal, RockingDeals Circular Economy, Fastweb, GoodwillFinds.com, A.L.C., SuperCircle, Archive, Pickle, Nuuly, Rent The Runway, Vivrelle, Armoire, Gwynnie Bee, Wallapop, Novelship, Worn Again Technologies and many more.