Lost Stock boosts offering with kidswear boxes
Lost Stock, a fashion initiative set up in the wake of Covid-19 to save lives in Bangladesh, has launched kidswear boxes.
For £35, customers receive a personalised selection of childrenswear stock (cancelled by high street retailers) direct from manufacturers. Each purchase supports a family in Bangladesh for one week.
Lost Stock was launched last month by the team behind fashion shopping app Mallzee and is available in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. Originally offering only adult sizes, the company has sold almost 100,000 boxes in the past five weeks and, with the launch of Lost Stock for Kids, it hopes to be able to support another 100,000 Bangladeshi families in the coming month.
NGO partner, SAJIDA Foundation works in 26 districts of Bangladesh with a mission of ‘health, happiness and dignity for all’. Following the Covid-19 outbreak, a team of 3,700 are providing essential food and hygiene supplies, supplying PPE kits, and have installed 475 portable hand washing devices throughout the country.
Muhymin Chowdhury, Head of Challenge Fund & Fundraising for SAJIDA, says: “Cancelled orders have affected over 1,000 factories and the lives of 2.27 million workers and their families. A recent study found that 47% of these workers now have no income - we are working to deliver them basic necessities”
“We are very pleased to partner with Lost Stock whose approach helps redress the unfortunate failures of global brands to practise responsible sourcing. Every box sold will provide a food and hygiene package to support a family for a week. Additionally, Lost Stock purchases garment products at a fair price from Bangladeshi factories helping support them longer term,” he adds.
Lost Stock is set up on the Shopify sales platform, with the Royal Mail Group as the logistics partner. It is supported by the likes of accountancy business RSM and Scottish law firm Brodies.