{"id":5005,"date":"2024-05-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=5005"},"modified":"2024-04-30T20:30:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T12:30:59","slug":"daily-markup-979-carousell-brings-secondhand-shopping-to-hk-with-new-refash-store-mercu-phasio-prefer-named-sbrs-hottest-startups-of-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=5005","title":{"rendered":"Daily Markup #979: Carousell brings secondhand shopping to HK with new REFASH store; Mercu, Phasio, Prefer named SBR\u2019s Hottest Startups of 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-us.googleusercontent.com\/hDXsFQvMvEfjB_NTX5B6MV3hb4Er4BbOzJ2QSblVwVzXUzc-eS6Ao6_dPdFSZE0O1LyZe6iF-eaSy2fnfDJ278el9gs4t7G48ifw-k3aUt2JeMpggew3mxCOBIB1MRFIP1JVJU-Sk7pWyNVH5LANMp8\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo credit: Marketing-Interactive<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hong Kong\u2019s First<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Here\u2019s some exciting news for eco-conscious fashionistas in Hong Kong: 500-backed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carousell.sg\/\">Carousell Group<\/a>\u2019s secondhand fashion platform <a href=\"https:\/\/refash.hk\/\">REFASH<\/a> just <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4dlmpBF\">launched in Mong Kok<\/a>, expanding beyond their existing network of over 20 stores across Singapore and Malaysia.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What\u2019s more, the store offers women\u2019s fashion items from Singapore and other Southeast Asian brands, unique and otherwise unavailable in Hong Kong. These items are priced at up to 70% off the original retail price.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shoppers may even snag \u2018famous\u2019 preloved clothing from REFASH\u2019s \u2018Celebrity Closets\u2019, featuring items from 10 local influencers and celebrities who are passionate about the sustainable fashion movement.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Founder &amp; CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/aloysius-sng-6ba266119\/\">Aloysius Sng<\/a> shared, \u201cREFASH started 8 years ago to extend the lifespan of clothes and build a more sustainable future for fashion. I am heartened that over the years, we have collectively diverted over 7.3 million clothes from landfills and given over 3.6 million used clothes a second life.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-us.googleusercontent.com\/7tsb-XOMwLlo5Xa05ZMFkmQSBLZD_mNIIQuVWo2Lmn2CesuOJClS6KoU6TSkFQl1J4JRWnljS9S3h-w9B7b7vV8-IsVjThZNbrQn6P6mhNaAsZBP8cFbPOQtjGdM88hJOJmV-PdUjsnazHcbQPUP3f8\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo credit: SBR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dynamic duos<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4bjtHEt\">Singapore Business Review\u2019s 20 Hottest Startups of 2024<\/a> list is out, and it reflects the growing focus of investors and entrepreneurs on productivity and sustainability. Congratulations to the three 500-backed companies that were honored!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercu.com\/\">Mercu<\/a>, a platform designed to transform the hiring, training, and engagement of frontline workers in the restaurant, retail, and other deskless industries, has helped clients like Guzman y Gomez reduce candidate processing time from 45 minutes to less than 15 minutes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.phas.io\/\">Phasio<\/a>, a Singapore-based SaaS company, provides a workspace that empowers regional industrial manufacturers to develop and deliver more products to their clients, and has been serving customers across Asia, Oceania, Europe and the United States.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prefer.coffee\/\">Prefer<\/a>\u2019s beanless coffee is helping to future-proof coffee from the threat of climate change, and they have been delivering coffee grounds, bottled lattes, and cold-brew concentrate to business-to-business (B2B) partners.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hong Kong\u2019s First Dynamic duos<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5006,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[322,319],"tags":[45,570,587,597],"class_list":["post-5005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily","category-weekly-roundup","tag-carousell","tag-mercu","tag-phasio","tag-prefer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Daily Markup #979: Carousell brings secondhand shopping to HK with new REFASH store; 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