eBay and Love Island Team Up Again for Sustainable Fashion Push
- Ebay UK sponsors Love Island: All Stars season 2
- Pre-loved fashion promotion through the partnership
- 400% increase in searches for pre-loved fashion on eBay since summer 2024 Love Island season
- 71% of Gen Z embracing pre-loved fashion
- Free to sell pre-owned clothing on eBay
Ebay UK is continuing its partnership with the popular reality show Love Island as the headline sponsor for season 2 of ‘Love Island: All Stars’. The e-commerce giant will once again dress the islanders in second-hand outfits, promoting pre-loved fashion and encouraging viewers to sell unworn clothes on its platform. Since the summer 2024 Love Island season, searches for ‘pre-loved fashion’ have surged by 400% on eBay, with research showing that 71% of Gen Z now embrace pre-owned clothing. Ebay UK head of fashion, Jemma Tadd, said: ‘We started this partnership to show people the potential of shopping pre-loved and the incredible assortment of fashion available on eBay. As we enter our sixth season of filling the villa with pre-loved gems, we’re striving to get viewers selling pre-loved, as well as buying, now it’s free to sell on eBay! We are proud to be making it easier for people to sell their unwanted items and keep clothing out of landfills.’
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