thredUP and Stage partner to provide Front Royal Peebles shoppers with secondhand steals

FRONT ROYAL, VA – thredUP, the world’s largest online consignment store, has set up shop inside Stage’s Peebles stores, giving guests unparalleled access to secondhand steals on today’s hottest fashion brands.

Stage Stores is partnering with thredUP to bring shoppers like-new looks from their favorite brands at a fraction of the cost. This partnership marks the first time thredUP is in a department store location.

• thredUP’s specially curated collections will arrive weekly at Peebles – making shopping something to look forward to with fun finds and great deals.
• In the Peebles stores, take-home thredUP “Donation Clean Out Kits” will be available to guests who wish to donate their like-new or gently used clothes.
• Peebles will accept the shoppers’ Donation Clean Out Bags and ship them from the stores back to thredUP.
• For every Donation Clean Out Bag received from Peebles guests, thredUP will make a donation on their behalf to Girls Inc., the nonprofit that inspires girls to be strong, smart and bold through direct service and advocacy.

“Stage is excited to be the first department store location for thredUP. More people are shopping secondhand than ever before, and with these shops in our stores, we’ll give our guests and thredUP shoppers in our towns a place to see and touch the merchandise in person,” said Michael Glazer, President and CEO of Stage. “Additionally, we’ll give an extra bit of convenience by serving as a drop-off location for people to bring their filled Clean Out Bags, and we will ship them back to thredUP. We look forward to this partnership as our guests will really enjoy tremendous savings on the brands they love to wear.”

“The line between new and used apparel is blurring for consumers, and forward-thinking retailers see an opportunity in secondhand,” said James Reinhart, CEO and Founder of thredUP. “thredUP’s constant like-new arrivals in Stage stores keep shopping fresh and fun, driving customers back again and again. We’re thrilled to integrate retail and resale in real life, bringing us steps closer to a more circular fashion future.”

thredUP is located in these Virginia Peebles stores: 425 South Street in Front Royal; 9018 Mathis Avenue in Manassas.

ABOUT STAGE

Stage Stores, Inc. is a leading retailer of trend-right, name-brand values for apparel, accessories, cosmetics, footwear and home goods. At the end of March 2019, the Company will operate in 42 states through 690 BEALLS, GOODY’S, PALAIS ROYAL, PEEBLES, and STAGE specialty department stores and 105 GORDMANS off-price stores, as well as an e-commerce website at www.stage.com.

ABOUT thredUP

thredUP is the world’s largest online consignment and thrift store where consumers can buy and sell high-quality secondhand clothes. thredUP is part of a larger Circular Economy movement, which encourages consumers to live in a more collective, sharing economy. For more information, visit  thredUP.com.