Everyday more people in this world are recognising the importance of shopping with companies who introduce more ways to be sustainable and the team behind Designer Exchange is no different. We understand that our customers want an environment to shop in that they know is putting more good into the world than bad.

Designer Exchange is committed to making sure we are as sustainable as can be. We love preloved and recycling is at the heart of everything we do. Rather than fast-fashion and trends that fall as quickly as they rise, we believe that everyone should reuse and recycle fashion in a way that does less harm to the environment and puts more money in your pocket. If you have something to sell, sell easily with Designer Exchange and contribute to the preloved economy rather than to the landfill. You can then use that money to buy something someone else is happy to pass on.

Designer Exchange prides itself on being a company who hold recycling and green fashion at the forefront of everything we do. But being a business, there are naturally some areas that create a large carbon footprint than we would like.

So where else can Designer Exchange make changes to become more sustainable?

Using a courier is naturally going to have an impact on the environment but this year we are going to be introducing click and collect meaning you can pick up your item next time you’re in town adding no further emissions to the environment. We are also going to be investigating if we can introduce a more eco-friendly service such as a bike courier within a certain radius of the stores.

Our packaging is already using as much recycled material as possible however we will be pushing to see where else we can really make a difference. Within 1 year we aim for 100% of our packaging to come from recycled material and add no new waste into the world.

Don’t like paper receipts? Nearly all of our invoices and receipts are sent electronically since 2016. It was one of the easiest changes to make and they are the default (meaning the customer has to opt in to change it to paper). This has saved Designer Exchange from introducing literally tens of thousands more receipts into the world.

We’re proud to buy and sell a product that can be loved again and again by many different owners. Selling single use items isn’t the future and if you’ve never considered buying or selling preloved, now is the time to start and support a sustainable industry.

We’re going green(er) in 2020 and can’t wait to show you our exciting new changes. Sign up to our newsletter today so see our sustainable changes as we launch them.