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Junico Kids Will Consolidate Into SwapUp
We are proud to announce SwapUp, an online consignment | thrift store | op shop that your pocket and our planet love. SwapUp will launch in Q3 2021 and we will be sure to make some noise then. We'd love to get you involved in our contribution to the circular fashion movement.Click here to sign up to be the first to know when we're open!
Closing the Loop in Kids Clothing
When we started Junico Kids, people often asked us why. Why secondhand clothes? Why kids? And why bother? And our answer was: because it makes sense. Kids grow, but their clothes don’t. Yet somehow people still need to pay such a high price, both financially and environmentally, to dress their kids. A 2012 study on “The cost of raising children in Australia” by AMP and the University of Canberra found that Australian parents spend a whopping $33,000 to $61,000 to buy clothes for two kids until they’ve finished their education. An average Australian also uses double the amount of garments...
Introducing: SwapUp with Junico Kids
Your kid grew up another size or two. Your wardrobe is getting full with stuff they can't wear & so you need to shop for more. Well... now you can swap the outgrown clothes into ones that fit them! Sydney — 27 January 2021 — Junico Kids is proud to announce our newest initiative SwapUp. Families keep having to free up the wardrobe, while children constantly grow out of their clothes every six to 12 months. Al, CEO and co-founder of Junico Kids, said that "we are lucky to have experienced growth in our first ever quarter since we launched the...
Tips to Keep Your Kids Wardrobe Organised
Lots of families struggle with keeping their wardrobe, well, relatively tidy. We’re not talking about Instagram influencer-level tidy, just, you know, enough that you can dress your kid without a headache. So we did the research for you. Here’s three easy tips to keeping your kids' wardrobe tidy. Declutter Before you start tidying, free up your kids’ wardrobe by getting rid of stuff that your kids no longer use. This includes clothing, toys or just random stuff they’ve received as gifts but secretly hated. Remember Marie Kondo’s decluttering technique? You don’t have to talk to each item (although personally I...
Junico Kids School Visit Program: “Sustainable Clothing & How to Reduce Fashion Waste”
Team Junico Kids visits Victoria Avenue Public School to introduce the concept of preloved fashion as a way to reduce the environmental impact of fast fashion. Leading up to the day, the liaising VAPS teacher said that her “students have been excitedly bringing in T-shirts wondering what we will be making with them”. Junico Kids is proud to be a local Australian e-commerce player looking to not only promote the reuse of children's clothing, but also educate families with young children on practical, concrete actions we can take to care for the environment. Concord West—15 December 2020—last week marked the...
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