Ep 268: Designerex - peer-to-peer fashion rental via the post

Apr 20, 2022

Costa Koulis, co-CEO at Designerex, explains how delivery plays a key role in enabling the peer-to-peer rental marketplace:

• How the peer-to-peer designer dress marketplace works
• How delivery plays a key role in enabling the dress sharing marketplace
• Why the majority send dresses via Express Post (Australia Post’s nationwide express delivery service)
• Enabling resale of designer clothing
• Comparisons with the likes of Rent The Runway
• Working with Australia Post to create its first automated shipping platform for marketplaces
• Returning dresses via the post - including labelling solutions
• Demand for same-day 3-hour delivery
• Keeping clothes out of landfill or furnaces
• Circular economy principles and the fashion rental model
• Why renting requires different logistics tools to resale
• Comparing environmental impact of renting vs resale