Vinted to enter Ireland's 'immature' second-hand clothing market

Chief executive said they looked 'very carefully' at Ireland, noting the online second-hand market was 'very immature at this point'

Thomas Plantenga, chief executive of Vinted: 'In the UK, we tried six times after failing five, and then it went really well. So we’ll keep on trying and we’ll keep on failing as well.'

Second-hand selling platform Vinted launched in Ireland this week, with the company’s chief executive Thomas Plantenga expressing confidence in the company’s ability to become a leading player in the growing market.

Speaking to the Irish Examiner at this year’s Web Summit in Lisbon, the CEO said they looked “very carefully” at Ireland, noting the online second-hand market was “very immature at this point”.