![]() ![]() Ole delivery workers wait about 15 minutes for customers to try on their purchases and return whatever the customers doesn’t want. While other retailers offer same day delivery, including Net-a-Porter which charges $25, none promise such a short window as 50 minutes or return the unwanted items on the spot. The average Ole transaction is about $400. Ole makes money on each item that’s sold on its platform, with retailers giving the company a percentage of the sale, Aharon said. OleĪnother customer in Hoboken ordered several dresses from Nili Lotan on Duane Street in Tribeca for the Met Gala last week, enlisting the courier’s opinion on which dress looked best. Fashion delivery app, Ole, launched in New York five months ago. One recent delivery was made to a coffee shop in Manhattan where two young women ordered a couple of bags, keeping one and sending the extra one back with the courier. The so-called try-and-buy service quietly launched about five months ago in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens, expanding to Long Island and certain parts of New Jersey as well, where it promises same day delivery within a three-hour window from 6 PM to 9 PM. “Half of them are women and some are fashion students at FIT,” or models, Aharon added. “These are delivery people who are interested in fashion,” co-founder Gal Aharon told The Post. The app’s couture-savvy couriers - who are on bicycles in the city and drive cars in the suburbs - deliver dresses, jeans, bags and shoes with delivery workers who might even offer their opinion on a fit. Launched in Tel Aviv, Israel in 2021, Ole (no accent on the “e,” but still pronounced “o-lay”) has inked deals with some 10 boutiques in Manhattan – including Atelier, Cynthia Rowley, Kirna Zabete and Simkhai. Legal weed is turning New York workers into zombiesįedEx to merge delivery units in a $4 billion cost-cutting initiativeĪ new delivery app in the Big Apple charges $5 to bring designer clothing to shoppers’ doors within 50 minutes – and its fashion-obsessed couriers offer to wait while customers try on their purchases. Uber Eats driverĬheers to Cinco de Mayo! Celebrate all things tequila with these top brands Five-hundred dollars of designer clothes? Yes, please.Death penalty sought for MS-13 member accused of decapitating Fla. For $500, couples can enjoy champagne, chocolates, a personal styling and shopping session with Shirin Askari (of Project Runway fame) or Tor Matthey, formerly of Net-A-Porter. ![]() The biz is offering a sweet deal for Valentine's Day. There's no pressure to buy anything Lowe and Isom's business model simply gives you the opportunity to, if you like the stylist's choices. ![]() The sessions are complimentary, wherein clients can try three to six outfits chosen by stylists. Front Door Fashion founders Nina Lowe and Andrea Isom started their online biz last spring and now have opened a swanky new Style Lounge in the Design District where they offer in-person consultations. The women behind the business that made personal styling accessible are at it again. You can also see what we’re up to by signing up here. The archives will remain available here for new stories, head over to Vox.com, where our staff is covering consumer culture for The Goods by Vox. Thank you to everyone who read our work over the years. ![]()
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