The St Vincent de Paul Society NSW has launched an e-commerce Vinnies store where fans of pre-loved fashion can shop for incredible items for a fraction of the price. Source: 9Honey.
The new Vinnies Finds website and app went live yesterday, with clothes, shoes, handbags and accessories selling for a fraction of the original price.
“Women, men, varying sizes across fashion, accessories and footwear … I really truly do believe we have something for everyone,” Gemma Presley, manager of Vinnies’ Sydney metro stores, said.
“However, we know that an online customer likes to shop quickly and they like to shop fashion and trends.
“So, whilst we’ve got a big element of trend and styling and fashionability on our e-commerce store, there’s definitely your everyday basics to suit everyone.”.
St Vincent de Paul Society NSW chief executive Yolanda Saiz said the e-commerce store has been “under development for a number of years”.
“So about five years ago we consolidated all of our shops into one central business and I think off the back of that we did a strategy, and quite obviously for us the gap for us was having a really engaging, interesting online presence for people to shop 24/7,” Ms Saiz said.
The main distribution centre is located in the Sydney suburb of Stanmore. Here, pre-loved items arrive from across the state and they are sorted, categorised and photographed for the site.
”So we have 220 shops across New South Wales. They can take the donations in, hand them in over the counter and we’re really grateful for all of those donations,” Ms Saiz says, adding the distribution centre also accepts donations.
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Snapping up a bargain at Vinnies just got easier – they’ve launched an e-commerce store (By Jo Abi, 9Honey)
Vinnies Finds (St Vincent de Paul Society NSW)
