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Otrium’s Repairs Service

At Otrium, we believe in repurposing unsold clothing to minimise waste and maximise value.

6 JUNE 2024
Returns are a significant challenge in the current e-commerce landscape. Apart from the negative financial impact, not all items can be put back into stock. While some unsellable returns are donated to charities, others are being destroyed. In Europe one out of every five pieces of clothing is returned. At Otrium, we recognise the importance of extending the life cycle of clothing, while reducing waste. That's why we've set up our Repair Service.
Refurbishment, often referred to as repair or reconditioning service, is a service we offer to our fashion brand partners. We repair slightly damaged returns to perfect condition, giving them a second chance on our platform. Since April 2023, we have partnered with The Renewal Workshop via our logistics partner, Bleckmann. In 2023, we sorted and graded over 30,000 items, of which around 50% were successfully brought back to their original condition.
How it works
  1. Receive items: Receive damaged returns from customers or damaged stock directly from our fashion brand partners
  2. Sort and grade: Items are graded according to the value and repair option light, medium and large repair
  3. Repair: The items are repaired and the value is restored to its original value
  4. Sell: The items are put back in stock and sold
  5. Report: Reporting on performance
We provide a few alternative routes to repurpose the items that cannot be restored to perfect-condition. Our fashion brand partners get presented the options to either sell these to stock buyers, local textile recycling or receive them back at their warehouse to repurpose in other ways.
Looking ahead, we want to scale this service and make it more data-driven. By combining commercial data, physical properties, and brand preferences, we aim to optimise the process. This also shortens the period between the costs of the repair and the return on investment of the sale of the item.
At Otrium, we believe in repurposing unsold clothing to minimise waste and maximise value. Our partnership with The Renewal Workshop is just the beginning. We're exploring new ways to repurpose unsold clothing through recycling initiatives and leveraging our partnership dashboard to measure the environmental recovery value of our efforts. 
At Otrium, we're more than just a fashion platform—we aim to make a change. By extending the life cycle of clothing, reducing waste, and promoting a circular economy. Paving the way for a better future for fashion, one item at a time.

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