Inside Vinted - from Lithuanian start-up to £4 billion empire
The Story27 Mai 2025

Inside Vinted - from Lithuanian start-up to £4 billion empire

From its inception at a drunken party seventeen years ago, the second-hand clothing app Vinted is now worth over £4 billion. Nearly sunk by one bad business decision, how did the company reinvent itself and the way we shop today?

This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: http://thetimes.com/thestory


Guest: Sarah Ditum, Contributor, The Times.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Producer: Olivia Case.

Further reading: Antiques boom as the Vinted generation catch the bug

Clips: Slush / YouTube, sTARTUPDAy / YouTube.

Photo: The Sunday Times.

Get in touch: thestory@thetimes.com

This podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our journalism subscribe here.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episoder(1734)

The third wave: Should the June unlocking go ahead?

The third wave: Should the June unlocking go ahead?

One week from today, Boris Johnson has a big decision to make. Is it time to declare 'freedom day' on the 21st of June? Or could the government be walking into another mistake?This podcast was brought...

7 Jun 202129min

How student drug-taking reached new highs (and lows) in lockdown

How student drug-taking reached new highs (and lows) in lockdown

For much of the pandemic, university students have been confined to their halls for months on end. For some, drugs became a way to pass the time. But as lockdown lifts, will the rise in student drug t...

4 Jun 202126min

Why the Wuhan lab leak theory is being taken seriously

Why the Wuhan lab leak theory is being taken seriously

President Biden has launched a 90-day investigation into the origins of the virus, following reports which give fresh life to the Wuhan lab-leak hypothesis. Once regarded as a conspiracy theory, the i...

3 Jun 202130min

Trash Island: The mountain of plastic blighting the Balkans

Trash Island: The mountain of plastic blighting the Balkans

In the middle of one of the world's most beautiful rivers, the Drina, there now floats an island of rubbish – with no one taking responsibility. How did a landscape already ravaged by war become bligh...

2 Jun 202127min

Millennials: Why can't they get on the housing ladder?

Millennials: Why can't they get on the housing ladder?

Living the British dream – as dozens of TV shows testify – has always meant owning your own home. But today, if you’re a millennial in a city, a dream is quite possibly what it will remain. What's sto...

1 Jun 202126min

Failures of State: The Dominic Cummings evidence

Failures of State: The Dominic Cummings evidence

It was a day that brought Westminster to a standstill. Today the Sunday Times Insight team analyses the nearly 7 hours of evidence the former Downing Street adviser Dominic Cummings gave to parliament...

31 Mai 202142min

How Belarus hijacked a plane

How Belarus hijacked a plane

On Sunday afternoon, a Ryanair flight to Vilnius made a sudden and dramatic landing in Minsk. In what some have described as state sponsored kidnapping, a prominent Belarusian opposition activist was ...

27 Mai 202129min

The secret life of Bill Gates

The secret life of Bill Gates

Since the announcement of the divorce between Bill and Melinda Gates, a fuller picture of the Microsoft billionaire’s life is emerging. What could it mean for the world's biggest private charitable fo...

26 Mai 202125min

Populært innen Politikk og nyheter

giver-og-gjengen-vg
aftenpodden
aftenpodden-usa
forklart
popradet
stopp-verden
det-store-bildet
fotballpodden-2
rss-gukild-johaug
nokon-ma-ga
dine-penger-pengeradet
lydartikler-fra-aftenposten
hanna-de-heldige
rss-ness
aftenbla-bla
rss-dannet-uten-piano
e24-podden
rss-utenrikskomiteen-med-bogen-og-grasvik
rss-penger-polser-og-politikk
chit-chat-med-helle