The case in summary Line Olsen-Torkildsen has had a stand at Loppo in Kristiansand since April, where she sells children’s clothing, women’s clothing and various items. Flea supermarkets, such as Loppo, allow people to book a stand to sell their own items, while the store takes care of the sales. Such stores have become very popular across the country in the past year, and Loppo in Kristiansand had to expand this summer. Another store, Almost New, has a similar concept. A stand costs between NOK 800-1,000 for a month, and the shops take around 20 per cent in commission. Anja Bakken Riise in The future in our hands believes that all offers that make it easier for people to sell and shop used are good news, but that there must be a substitute for buying new to have maximum environmental impact. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAi. The content is quality assured by news’s journalists before publication. – This jacket was not used, so now it can please others instead, says Line Olsen-Torkildsen. Since April, she has sold used clothes for NOK 25,000 from a stand at Loppo in Kristiansand. Loppo is one of several so-called “flea supermarkets”, which offer people to rent a stand to sell their own things. The store takes care of the sale itself, while you choose the goods yourself and decide the price. An app gives you information about what is being sold. Olsen-Torkildsen has a stand with children’s clothes, women’s clothes and “things and things”. – This is a very nice way to clean up, she says. Loppo has stores in Kristiansand, Skien and Sandefjord. Each store has around 300 stands for rent. Had to expand In recent years, such shops have become very popular. Loppo in Kristiansand had to expand the store this summer, says general manager Anne Merete Angre. – We see that especially the younger ones have become more concerned with buying and selling re-use. It is nice that there is more focus on it, she says. Do you like shopping for used clothes and other things? Have your say further down in the matter. General manager at Loppo Anne Merete Angre, says they have experienced great demand for the stand since the opening in April. Photo: Heidi Ditlefsen / news Near Loppo in Kristiansand, inside Sørlandssenteret, is Nesten ny, which has the same concept. Store employee at Almost New Thale Burns says that people themselves enter the price of the goods in an app. Then they come to the store to attach price tags and hang up the goods. – The sellers think it’s a really fun concept, says Burns. The customer who has a stand enters information about the product and price into an app. Photo: Geir Ingar Egeland / news – An easy way to sell Grete Birkeland has had a stand at Nesten ny for a week. She is satisfied with having sold goods for over NOK 1,500 at the time. – I think this is an easy way to sell. Grete Birkeland (th) sells, among other things, women’s clothing, children’s clothing and jewelery at her stand. Store employee Thale Burns thinks Birkeland has got a good stand. Photo: Adrian Brannfjell / news Customer Gabriela Melo Larsen is, among other things, looking for a football kit for her son. She thinks it is easier to shop second-hand in a shop than from people privately online. – You don’t have to think about picking up the goods, and you get to try on the clothes. It’s awesome! Gabriela Melo Larsen works as a costume designer. She chose this pink blazer that she will wear in a performance. Photo: Heidi Ditlefsen / news Taking a commission A normal price for a stand is between NOK 800 and 1000 for a month. In addition, the shops take around 20 per cent in commission. According to the general manager of Nesten ny Camilla Nilsen, the store in Kristiansand has sold almost NOK 6 million worth of goods since opening in November last year. Almost new has stores in Kristiansand, Elverum and at Fjellhamar in Lørenskog. Morten Furulund, who runs the Loppo stores, says that they have a turnover of NOK one million a month, and that there is now a four-week waiting list to rent a stand in Skien and Sandefjord. Do you buy used clothes and other goods? Yes, a lot! I save a lot of money and think about the environment. No, I prefer to have everything new. No, but I want to start with it. Show result Finland early The flea supermarket with the most stores in Norway is called Kirppis, a Finnish word for “flea”. Founder Marte Drejer Haldorsen says that they opened the first store four years ago. Last year they opened store number two, and recently store number 12 in Kristiansund. She adds that they have had this type of store since the 90s in Finland. Marte Drejer Haldorsen opened the first Kirppis store four years ago. She says they are now going to open more stores in Eastern Norway and Southern Norway. Photo: Roar Strøm / news The Kirppis founder had three young children when in 2019 she set herself a “hairy” goal to only shop second-hand. It didn’t work. In the end, she gave up and thought that something better than buying and selling groups and digital solutions must be achieved. – There is so much boom buying and back and forth. I believe that you make the best second-hand purchases in a physical store where you can try on the clothes, she says. There must be a replacement. Anja Bakken Riise in Framtiden i våre hælds believes that all offers that make it easier for people to sell and shop used are good news. She nevertheless makes a small reservation: – If it is to have the maximum environmental effect, then what you buy used must be a substitute for buying new. It helps little if it comes in addition to buying a new one. Anja Bakken Riise is the leader of the organization Framtiden i våre hands. Photo: Terese Samuelsen Riise says that she has tested the concept herself. She thinks it is good that there are players who facilitate resale. – It is very good with these physical locations that make it easy to see and try things. Then you are confident in what you buy, even if you buy used. Hello! Welcome to dialogue at news. Since you are logged in to other news services, you do not have to log in again here, but we need your consent to our terms of use for online dialogue Published 26/08/2024, at 16.06
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