ThredUp is scaling up to meet its rapid growth with plans to open its largest and most automated distribution center to date.
The leading online resale platform for women’s and kids’ apparel, shoes and accessories is expanding operations in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. It will open a nearly 600,000-sq.-ft. supply chain facility in Lancaster, Texas. ThredUp said it will invest $70 million in capital for the new centre.
The Lancaster center, the company’s first four-level facility, will store as many as 10 million items. This will more than double ThredUp’s total distribution capacity to 16.5 million items across its network.
The company intends to use the new facility to further expand its operating platform amid growing demand for secondhand apparel and accessories. According to ThredUp’s 2021 Resale Report, 52.6 million Americans resold apparel in 2020, and 76% of people who have never resold clothing are open to trying it
