3PL helps fashion player with resells

TO HELP PO.P deliver this proposition, Clipper will provide enhanced reverse logistics capabilities including rapid turnaround and improved quality control, relabelling, steaming, pressing, repair services, quality checks and product photography. 

Every year in the United Kingdom 350,000 tonnes of clothing enter landfill. PO.P will play its part in reducing this through its new buyback and resell scheme, titled PO.P Second Hand. The scheme will launch across the entire product range in September 2022.

PO.P customers will enjoy a transparent and frictionless user experience and will be able to easily manage the trade-in of their pre-owned goods regardless of where they made their original purchase thanks to a website plug-in developed in partnership with Tern Eco.

Clipper began working with PO.P in March 2012, with an initial four-year contract at Clipper’s Ollerton facility. Since then, the operational footprint has grown by 140%, with a 400% increase in average weekly units. Clipper is now responsible for managing PO.P’s eCommerce and returns within the UK and Southern Ireland, alongside store distribution for 15 standalone stores and concessions.

Polarn O. Pyret UK managing director Mats Nilsson, says: “Our mission at PO.P has always been to produce excellent quality clothes that last. Our garments should be owned and worn by at least 3 growing children. PO.P Second Hand will allow us and our customers to extend this goal even further, and keep these clothes going round and round, just like our planet. It’s the future of fashion. Clipper’s specialist capabilities have enabled us to scale this unique service, making it accessible across our entire product range, to all our customers.”

Clipper CEO Tony Mannix, adds: “For over ten years, we have seen exceptional growth with PO.P. We are thrilled to support them further on their sustainability journey, as they commit to circular fashion. Our work with PO.P demonstrates our ability to truly add value to businesses through understanding their strategic direction and growth aspirations.”

For more information, visit www.clippergroup.co.uk