INTO PROFIT.
INTO PROFIT.
We are the most versatile ecosystem of sustainability solutions that help brands transition from Linear to Circular Business models profitably. Many of the world’s leading brands partner with us for our intelligent and agile approach to turn environmental responsibility into a business advantage.
been diverted from landfills through our well-managed Take Back and Customer Returns programs.
shop floor fittings upcycled from fashion waste. Visit our Circular Fashion Hubs to see how we magically transform items previously categorised as trash into treasure.
integrity in the resale market with high quality presentation and appropriate pricing.
We work with discerning brands like Yoox, Net-A-Porter, Balenciaga, Harvey Nichols, Saks OFF 5TH and Axel Arigato to deliver a resale experience to their customers that befits their image and retains loyalty.
500+ shops, leading fashion marketplaces and influencers and has been designed to be circular by default.
We’re growing the most impressive knowledge bank of previously impossible-to-get data on pre and post purchase behaviours. We help brands get smarter on their customers’ product use and their digital marketing investments.
We talent-scout the world from Silicon Valley to Singapore, for the most innovative and commercially promising solutions in sustainability. We are building and investing in the most innovative and commercially viable circular fashion solutions in the industry. Creating and supporting the rock stars who will bring circularity to the fashion industry.
We are pragmatists with a laser-sharp eye for turning a profit. It’s in our DNA from having built Yellow Octopus from scratch. We prime our rock stars of circular fashion with the discipline to deliver solutions that are brutally efficient for both Ps – the Planet and P&L.
Yellow Octopus manages fashion items for maximum re-use. When this is no longer possible, any remaining items normally categorised as waste go to Upcycle Labs to be turned into new products.
We’re determined to make landfills and incinerators redundant.
Yellow Octopus UK Limited & Upcycle Labs Limited
Unit 1 & Unit 2 Teal Park, Cyan Close,
Netherfield , Nottingham
NG14 5JX, England
Yellow Octopus EU
Gromadzka 5
05-806 Sokolow, Poland
EU Circular Centre
Warsaw, Poland
Yellow Octopus EU
Gromadzka 5
05-806 Sokolow, Poland
Huge volumes of waste sent to landfill.
That FOMO Feeling:
Know and measure your by-product potential and opportunities.
New revenue streams from finding new uses for by-products.
Respect of your boss, your customers, and the planet (that’s a lot of respect!).
Pride from being a role model and superhero for saving the planet for the next generation.
Our Solutions. Only FEEL GOOD.
Not involved in resale. No clue what happens to your products in secondary markets.
That FOMO Feeling:
Additional revenue streams from the resale market.
Savings opportunities by lowering your cost of waste-disposal.
Useful insights generated from customers’ post purchase behaviour feed into product design, manufacture, and marketing.
Our Solutions. Only FEEL GOOD.
No Take Back. Avoid responsibility for generating fashion waste.
That FOMO Feeling:
Additional footfall in stores from customers dropping off Take Back items.
Additional traffic online generated from positive publicity.
Reduce risks to brand reputation and minimise exposure to criticism from media and activists.
Reduce impact of imminent Extended Producer Responsibility Tax.
Our Solutions. Only FEEL GOOD.
Out of sight and out of mind, your jobbed off stock ends up on a beach in Africa. Add to planet’s pollution.
That FOMO Feeling:
One-stop logistical expertise to minimise disruption to operations.
Auditable and traceable routes for your unsold inventory and customer returns with zero waste impact.
Recognition from Procurement Team for securing the best market value for excess stock.
Our Solutions. Only FEEL GOOD.
Spending a fortune on online campaigns but getting fewer conversions.
That FOMO Feeling:
Know what your customers are buying elsewhere, what they plan to buy next, what they like in their friends’ and influencers’ wardrobes, and what they did with products they already own.
Valuable and highly actionable insights to feed into your product marketing. Getting access to black data points to cut costs of customers retention and acquisition.
Our Solutions. Only FEEL GOOD.
Only FEEL GOOD.
Huge volumes of waste sent to landfill.
Know and measure your by-product potential and opportunities.
New revenue streams from finding new uses for by-products.
Respect of your boss, your customers, and the planet (that’s a lot of respect!).
Pride from being a role model and superhero for saving the planet for the next generation.
Not involved in resale. No clue what happens to your products in secondary markets.
Additional revenue streams from the resale market.
Savings opportunities by lowering your cost of waste-disposal.
Useful insights generated from customers’ post purchase behaviour feed into product design, manufacture, and marketing.
No Take Back. Avoid responsibility for generating fashion waste.
Additional footfall in stores from customers dropping off Take Back items.
Additional traffic online generated from positive publicity.
Reduce risks to brand reputation and minimise exposure to criticism from media and activists.
Reduce impact of imminent Extended Producer Responsibility Tax.
Out of sight and out of mind, your jobbed off stock ends up on a beach in Africa. Add to planet’s pollution.
One-stop logistical expertise to minimise disruption to operations.
Auditable and traceable routes for your unsold inventory and customer returns with zero waste impact.
Recognition from Procurement Team for securing the best market value for excess stock.
Spending a fortune on online campaigns but getting fewer conversions.
Know what your customers are buying elsewhere, what they plan to buy next, what they like in their friends’ and influencers’ wardrobes, and what they did with products they already own.
Valuable and highly actionable insights to feed into your product marketing. Getting access to black data points to cut costs of customers retention and acquisition.
All
Yellow Octopus
Upcycle Labs
Reflaunt
Upcycle Fashion Waste into Hangers
UK
Solution: Upcycle Labs
All Saints www
Customer Returns & Excess Stock
UK & Europe
Solution: Yellow Octopus
Urban Outfitters www
Customer Returns & Excess Stock
UK & Europe
Solution: Yellow Octopus
Boohoo www
Upcycle Sports Waste into Drinks Coasters
UK
Solution: Upcycle Labs
Liverpool www
Customer Fashion Returns
UK & Europe
Solution: Yellow Octopus
Amazon www
Customer Returns & Excess Stock
Location: UK & Europe
Company: Yellow Octopus
Urban Outfitters www
Customer Returns & Excess Stock
Location: UK & Europe
Company: Yellow Octopus
Urban Outfitters www
Fashion Waste Into Changing Room Hangers
Location: UK
Company: Upcycle Labs
All Saints www
Sport Waste into Drink Coaster
Location: UK
Company: Upcycle Labs
Liverpool www
Customer Returns & Excess Stock
Location: UK & Europe
Company: Yellow Octopus
Urban Outfitters www
However, we are full of gratitude and quite proud of the recognition.
Awards, grants, certificates, and other accolades don’t really define us. However, we are full of gratitude and quite proud of the recognition.
All
Yellow Octopus
Upcycle Labs
Reflaunt
Loop
From an immigrant entrepreneur’s dream in his small, rented house in the North of England to becoming a world leading provider of commercial sustainability solutions. Our humble beginning says a lot about who we are and how we operate in the world.
We’ve come a long way…
“A true billionaire is someone who positively impacts a billion lives.”
This is my favourite quote and my North Star.
Running a business is hard and exhausting on every level. Having a goal that’s bigger than me keeps me going and reminds me that the sacrifices we make are for a worthwhile of cause. But the business of worthwhile causes is tough and unforgiving.
No profit. No scalability. No real impact. No positive change.
There are multiple approaches to sustainability out there. If you want to go and hug trees naked over the weekend it’s fine, I imagine it can be quite relaxing activity although I’m not sure about the real positive impact on the planet. And measurable and scalable Positive Impact is what the Yellow Octopus Group Ecosystem is all about.
Our focus is to connect profit with purpose. Solving real pressing problems, at scale, is what we do. We provide rigorous – commercial sustainability – solutions that deliver value, because only then can we generate the scale to turn a small project into global solutions that have long-lasting positive impact on the world.
As an old African proverb says: “If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together.” To introduce systemic change that produces concrete positive impact, we need to enlist multiple stakeholders. Within the Yellow Octopus Group Ecosystem, I am blessed to be surrounded by Rock Star employees and charismatic entrepreneurs. Our ecosystem extends to our visionary business partners who share my commitment to commercial sustainability and are unafraid of change. I am very grateful to everyone.
Together we are on the mission to Fix Problems, Create Value and Have Fun while doing it.
If any of this resonates with you, please join our ecosystem and let’s make the world a little bit better than we found it.
Love & Peace,
“A true billionaire is someone who positively impacts a billion lives.”
This is my favourite quote and my North Star.
Running a business is hard and exhausting on every level. Having a goal that’s bigger than me keeps me going and reminds me that the sacrifices we make are for a worthwhile of cause. But the business of worthwhile causes is tough and unforgiving.
No profit. No scalability. No real impact. No positive change.
There are multiple approaches to sustainability out there. If you want to go and hug trees naked over the weekend it’s fine, I imagine it can be quite relaxing activity although I’m not sure about the real positive impact on the planet. And measurable and scalable Positive Impact is what the Yellow Octopus Group Ecosystem is all about. Our focus is to connect profit with purpose. Solving real pressing problems, at scale, is what we do. We provide rigorous – commercial sustainability – solutions that deliver value, because only then can we generate the scale to turn a small project into global solutions that have long-lasting positive impact on the world.
As an old African proverb says: “If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together.” To introduce systemic change that produces concrete positive impact, we need to enlist multiple stakeholders. Within the Yellow Octopus Group Ecosystem, I am blessed to be surrounded by Rock Star employees and charismatic entrepreneurs. Our ecosystem extends to our visionary business partners who share my commitment to commercial sustainability and are unafraid of change. I am very grateful to everyone.
Together we are on the mission to Fix Problems, Create Value and Have Fun while doing it.
If any of this resonates with you, please join our ecosystem and let’s make the world a little bit better than we found it.
Love & Peace,
It’s personal.
“A true billionaire is someone who positively impacts a billion lives.” This is my favourite quote and my North Star.
Running a business is hard and exhausting on every level. Having a goal that’s bigger than me keeps me going and reminds me that the sacrifices we make are for a worthwhile of cause. But the business of worthwhile causes is tough and unforgiving.
No profit. No scalability. No real impact. No positive change.
There are multiple approaches to sustainability out there. If you want to go and hug trees naked over the weekend it’s fine, I imagine it can be quite relaxing activity although I’m not sure about the real positive impact on the planet. And measurable and scalable Positive Impact is what the Yellow Octopus Group Ecosystem is all about. Our focus is to connect profit with purpose. Solving real pressing problems, at scale, is what we do. We provide rigorous – commercial sustainability – solutions that deliver value, because only then can we generate the scale to turn a small project into global solutions that have long-lasting positive impact on the world.
As an old African proverb says: “If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together.” To introduce systemic change that produces concrete positive impact, we need to enlist multiple stakeholders. Within the Yellow Octopus Group Ecosystem, I am blessed to be surrounded by Rock Star employees and charismatic entrepreneurs. Our ecosystem extends to our visionary business partners who share my commitment to commercial sustainability and are unafraid of change. I am very grateful to everyone.
Together we are on the mission to Fix Problems, Create Value and Have Fun while doing it.
If any of this resonates with you, please join our ecosystem and let’s make the world a little bit better than we found it.
Love & Peace,
About Us
“Less bullshit. More good shit.” is the Yellow Octopus Group motto.
Instead of constantly talking about the shit we’re in, we are a group of entrepreneurs and innovators racing to develop commercially viable solutions on sustainability. We won’t stop until we achieve our ultimate goal – transforming the fashion industry from a Linear to a Circular Economy model.
By offering the best sustainability solutions in one place, we are the engine driving change in the fashion industry.
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About Us
“Less bullshit. More good shit.” is the Yellow Octopus Group motto.
Instead of constantly talking about the shit we’re in, we are a group of entrepreneurs and innovators racing to develop commercially viable solutions on sustainability. We won’t stop until we achieve our ultimate goal – transforming the fashion industry from a Linear to a Circular Economy model.
By offering the best sustainability solutions in one place, we are the engine driving change in the fashion industry.
Yellow Octopus UK Limited & Upcycle Labs Limited
Unit 1 & Unit 2 Teal Park, Cyan Close,
Netherfield , Nottingham
NG14 5JX, England
@2023 Yellow Octopus Group
Yellow Octopus EU
Gromadzka 5
05-806 Sokolow, Poland
@2023 Yellow Octopus Group
Yellow Octopus UK Limited & Upcycle Labs Limited
Unit 1 & Unit 2 Teal Park, Cyan Close,
Netherfield , Nottingham
NG14 5JX, England
Yellow Octopus EU
Gromadzka 5
05-806 Sokolow, Poland