Posts Tagged ‘resale’

We asked Suzanne Rielle, owner and co-founder of LoobaLee.com for size tips when it comes to buying and selling kids clothing on resale. LoobaLee.com offers a premier resale marketplace, custom for kids clothing, for the savvy Mom who likes to dress their kids in quality and style, but loves a bargain too.

When it comes to resale, there is one major factor that comes into play making each and every piece of clothing one-of-a-kind: How many times has it been washed and/or dried? And how? Learn more about caring for children’s wear to make it easier to re-sell.

Clothing purchases on new items such as jeans, shirts, and shoes, are expected to average $225.47 per child, the single largest back-to-school expense for the year.

The question is: Do our children really need all of this clothing and does it all need to be new, or have we set an expectation that puts unnecessary pressure on our families’ budgets and on the environment?

Last summer LoobaLee launched an online service to help parents buy and sell gently used children’s clothing. And, they’ve been growing like crazy ever since.

They carry upscale, name-brand, and boutique-quality children’s wear and accessories and now have over 1000 brands available through their site.

Like libraries, subscription rental services are a way to effectively re-use and have access to a variety of products that we plan to use for a limited amount of time. A lot of people find these services to be valuable. And a lot of these people also have children that grow out of things quickly. So, a handful of companies have recently cropped up to create: subscription-based children’s clothing and toy rental services.

What do you do with the outgrown, gifted, waiting-to-be-worn, and other kid’s clothes that have piled up this past year? Store them, sort them, donate them, share them with others? If you don’t yet have a plan for managing the flow of kids clothes through your home, we offer some tried-and-true tips that will help you avoid clutter and find what you need when you need it in this two-part series.