A Vilnius woman's clothing swap became a €10.8 billion secondhand platform
A Lithuanian clothing-swap site born from one woman's moving crisis became Europe's largest secondhand marketplace, moving billions in goods and reshaping how millions shop.
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A Lithuanian clothing-swap site born from one woman's moving crisis became Europe's largest secondhand marketplace, moving billions in goods and reshaping how millions shop.
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