How to Get the Most for Your Retail Returns
Customer returns are a big selling point for a lot of retailers. Customers want to have the best shopping experience possible and look to form long-term relationships with outlets that value them. One of the benefits that stores offer is customer returns. Even though this is an excellent incentive to drive more sales, it has […]
How Credential Clothing Is Unique In The Wholesale Industry
When people think about used, bulk, or wholesale clothing, they typically don’t associate quality, designer, or valuable items with it. However, when it comes to credential clothing, which refers to unsorted and untouched donated goods (in the state they were donated in), it can be quite the opposite. Because these bags are sold to buyers […]
What Benefits Can Buyers Find in Mixed Rags?
When we use the term ‘mixed rags’ or ‘institutional clothing,’ we are referring to a category of clothing that is considered ‘used’ that either was not sold in a resale or was not suitable for resale. That means that these items were either store returns, apparels and household rummages from thrift store locations or […]
The Financial and Environmental Benefits of Giving Life to Old Materials
According to the Huffington Post and the U.S Department of Commerce, thrift stores are increasingly becoming big business, while retail store sales are dropping overall. Ithaca.com reported that these sales prove that, “there is a ready market of buyers willing and able to pay large sums of money to purchase used clothing, shoes, and textiles.” This […]
What You Need To Know About Credential Clothing
In early November 2017, Emily Farra of Vogue Magazine reported that even those in the high fashion industry see the value in the used clothing market particularly as it relates to the environment. “If you’re concerned with the billions of brand-new clothing items being produced each year (and you most definitely should be), […]
Textile Recycling 101: All You Need To Know About How to Divert More Material from Landfills
The process of textile recycling continues to garner attention worldwide — particularly among those who are interested in impacting the environment in a positive way. In many places across the world, consumers swap clothing, shoes and fabrics that are in good condition, others donate or sell what they are no longer using to someone who […]
Optimize Cashflow From Mixed Rags and Credential Clothing
Some Bank & Vogue sellers of mixed rags and credential clothing capture up to 25% of their yearly revenue through partnership with our company. And yours can do the same. Doing so is a matter of maximizing the value recieved for credential clothing/mixed rags, and minimizing the costs required to sell them. Here’s how to do […]
Sourcing Wholesale Store Returned Merchandise With Bank & Vogue
In the first 3 months following the Holiday season, retailers process approximately 60% of the entire year’s store returns. Unable to sell them outside of this season, they are left with little choice but to sell their returned stock in bulk. Clothing, furniture, toys; almost every consumer product imaginable becomes available at jaw-dropping discounts to businesses […]
Loading A Shipping Container – 3 Principles To Remember
Loading a shipping container is just as much an art as it is a science. For those new or unfamiliar to the task, maximizing the efficiency of available space, protecting the integrity of your goods, all while respecting container rules regulations can be extremely difficult! Fortunately, Bank & Vogue is here to help with the […]
Working With Us – More Than Just Clothing Recycling
Bank & Vogues primary service is purchasing collected clothing that cannot be processed by charities, non-profits, and for-profit re-sellers. But the full work our partners have access to goes considerably further than that. Bank & Vogue provides a ‘full package’ of services tailored to the unique needs, wants, and expectations of the clothing collection and reselling industry. […]
