Anna Cargan second hand clothing business owner
35 year old Anna Cargan runs Buildabundle an online second-hand kids clothes shop from Cumbria where she lives. She started in 2018 and now runs the growing business with her friend and co-owner Nathalie Redfern).
Both mums of young children, they are on a mission to get more people reusing and recycling their kids clothes, by making it as easy to buy second-hand clothes as it is to buy new ones!
Anna Cargan talks about second hand clothing
Listen in to find out about Anna’s growing business. She talks about the popularity and growth of shopping second hand. Anna talks about the increase in understanding about the climate impact as well as the obvious financial benefits.
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Hi Helen
I recently contacted the CEO of John Lewis, Ms Sharon White by email. She has not responded. Would you have any advice as to how I could get her to reply or to at least acknowledge my email? Thank you!
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