The original
kilo sale
An innovative shopping concept
The whole concept of a 'kilo sale' was created by vintage wholesalers to off-sell any old or low grade stock on the cheap to not only trade buyers, but to the wider public & individual customer too. Like any end of season sale, quality stock was few and far between...until Preloved Kilo entered the market.
We were the first event of this kind in the UK to actually pick, grade & prepare our stock like a typical vintage shop meaning we know exactly what's on the rails week in, week out, so we can offer quality pieces at affordable prices.
Our professionalism has been noted by some big names in the retail sector; having worked with ASDA, being backed by the Charity Retail Association, and being promoted by Martin Lewis's consumer lifestyle website moneysavingexpert.com.
See what we've got up to over the years below, and follow our story as it plays out.
2016
vintage roots
We were founded in 2016 after our director Wayne built up contacts with several global wholesale suppliers having successfully ran a typical vintage store in Sheffield for many years (RIP Mooch Vintage!)
Preloved Kilo was created to bring handpicked wholesale to the public, selling quality vintage on a scale never seen before at prices people couldn't believe via a unique pay by weight concept - everything is priced per kilo!
2017
29th January 2017
With the help of friends & family, who remain employees to this day, our first event took place in Bristol's Motion nightclub on 29th January 2017 with hundreds of customers pouring through our doors. As of 2024, we've hosted over 700 events spanning Dundee to Brighton and at least 50 other towns and cities in between, earning ourselves the title of the UK's biggest kilo sale.
2018
We hosted our 100th event, located at Leicester's Empire Hall. By this point, we'd easily saved a couple of hundred tonnes of clothing from heading to landfill.
29th April 2018
first event
100th event
2019
5th May 2019
August 2019
Summer of 2019 saw us embark on our Seaside Tour where we shipped our huge kilo sale to several coastal towns around the UK; a feeble attempt at giving the team a break!
Kicking off in Margates' Dreamland Theme Park, we also stopped at Southend, Great Yarmouth, Skegness, Bournemouth, Brighton & Blackpool.
A year later, we'd hit another milestone - our 200th event! This took place at Colchester's Charter Hall, which despite being one of our largest venues, we still managed to fill it full with vintage...
300th event
2020
first shop
1st March 2020
15th June 2020
Our 300th event! We had a mega Scottish weekend on our hands, with double events taking place in Edinburgh & Dundee, followed by our 299th & 300th events in Glasgow & Stirling!
After the coronavirus pandemic brought our events to a complete stop, we said goodbye to Mooch Vintage and opened our first ever Preloved Kilo Pop-up Shop! The exact same concept but in a more permanent space, right in the heart of Sheffield City centre!
Mystery Boxes
4th August 2020
With many events postponed, we had to find another source of revenue, which developed into prelovedkilo.com, our first online kilo website.
We also introduced our unique Mystery Boxes, where customers can choose to have a kilo of clothing delivered to their door, in their size, but with no clue as to what they're getting besides a vague indication of the type of item they'll receive! In just 12 month, we'd sold over 3500 of them!
working with asda
20th October 2020
We'd made a name for ourselves, not only as the biggest kilo wholesaler in the UK, but as the best - the quality of clothing was unbelievable considering the vast volumes we were shifting each week! So it was no surprise when we were approached by George at ASDA to bring sustainable fashion to the mainstream.
Preloved Vintage launched in 5 ASDA Supermarkets on 20th October 2020, including in their new Sustainability Trial Store in Middleton, Leeds.
30th November 2020
Selling second hand clothing in supermarkets...who knew it would be such a huge success! And just a few weeks later we were already expanding, with Preloved Vintage now available in 10 ASDA Supermarkets across the UK.
2021
30th June 2021
21st July 2021
planting trees
Less than a year after the launch, Preloved Vintage had become a` huge success and on 30th June, we announced the launch into an additional 40 ASDA supermarkets - taking it to 50 stores overall now stocking sustainable, second hand fashion!
In July we announced another partnership aimed to increase our green credentials - we began planting trees via Play It Green. With a monthly investment plus additional trees planted thought customer add-ons, we were involved in the development of a mangrove forest in Madagascar, with over 5000 trees planted during our partnership.
second shop
5th August 2021
On 5th August we opened our newest venture: a second Pop-up Kilo Shop right in the centre of Doncaster! Sadly our lease was only temporary so we did say goodbye just a few month later, but future pop-ups aren't out of the question.
2022
400th event!
27th March 2022
Another milestone - our 400th event! Taking place at our High Wycombe debut!
On line Launch!
After several months of trialling and perfecting our process, we finally launched our brand new affordable, sustainable fashion website!
Our customers can now shop individual items priced by weight, taking our kilo online and more accessible than ever. With fresh stock added daily, we're able to provide sustainable fashion at very competitive prices direct to your door.
3rd May 2022
third pop up shop
2nd December 2022
Our third pop up shop, this time at Barnsley's Alhambra Shopping Centre! This was only temporary with a short 3 month lease, but we had a blast bringing a new concept to Barnsley.
2023
500th event!
1st April 2023
Our 500th event took place a Southend's Park inn Hotel! Not a bad way to celebrate at the seaside!
HQ 2 opens
4th June 23
In June we acquired a second warehouse to give us extra space for all our Summer deliveries, this enabled us to open up the ground floor daily as a temporary pop-up warehouse shop.
2024
600th event!
21st Jan 24
Another milestone... our 600th event! We headed up North to Warrington's Parr Hall.
Follow the rest of our story as it plays out!