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Second LifeSamina Virk: U.S. CEO and Chief Marketing Officer of Vestiaire Collective
Samina Virk is the U.S. CEO and chief marketing officer of Vestiaire Collective, a global luxury resale platform. As a young girl, Samina loved fashion. She grew up making her clothes, thinking she might break into the industry on the creative side. Instead, she started her career in tech, working in e-commerce during the dot-com boom. She eventually went back to school to study business in hopes of merging her love for fashion with her tech experience. She joined Target’s MBA merchandising program before scoring a full-time job on the company’s marketing team. It was there wher...
2025-08-0457 min
Work FriendsSamina Virk, The CEO Combatting 92 Million Tons of Fashion WasteOur next guest, Samina Virk, is the US CEO of Vestiaire Collective and leads one of the largest luxury resale companies in the world—the first to be a B Corp. Her resume spans over two decades in fashion and tech, with stints at Target and eBay, before she helped launch the Paris-based Vestiaire Collective in the States in 2014. Samina left Vestiaire in 2017 only to return a few years later in her current CEO role where she’s passionate about confronting the environmental effects of ultra-fast fashion and the beauty of clothing that lives a second life. After...
2025-06-0255 min
The Luxury Item with Scott KerrS13 E01: Samina Virk, North America CEO of Vestiaire CollectiveSamina Virk, North America CEO of leading luxury fashion resale platform Vestiaire Collective, speaks with Scott Kerr about how relying on the company's core values has helped it thrive over the last 15 years. Samina talks about fast-tracking growth in the US, the company's path to profitability and possible IPO, its crowdfunding campaign, the importance of building trust through advanced authentication, and its AI-powered search engine. She also discusses its partnership with hit Netflix series 'Emily in Paris.' Plus: Does transparency influence consumer perceptions of the true value of luxury products?Featuring: Samina Virk, North America CEO...
2024-10-2938 min
Green BehaviorSolo Episode | The Hidden Habit Hurting Sustainability#5 In this solo episode, Brittany explains how temporal discounting influences our purchasing decisions. She shares insights from Vestiaire Collective's 'Think First, Buy Second' campaign, highlighting real-world applications that bridge the gap between sustainability and consumer behavior to make sustainability feel more immediate and relevant.
Brittany also shares on key takeaways shared by Vestiaire Collective's North America CEO Samina Virk's at the 2024 Sustainable Fashion Forum.
Mentioned in the episode:
Vestiaire Collective 2024 Circularity Report
Vestiaire Collective: Beach Campaign
Vestiaire Collective: Swap this For That
Vestiaire Collective...
2024-07-1834 min
9 to 5ish with theSkimmSamina Virk on Why You Should Start Career Mapping9 to 5ish will be back in your feed in January. Samina Virk is the CEO of North America for Vestiaire Collective, the rapidly-growing luxury fashion resale site. And Samina told us she attributes her rise in the fashion industry to strategic career mapping. Whether it’s engaging in a personal brainstorming session or proactively discussing career plans with mentors and higher-ups, Samina explained how setting intentions can yield big results. In this episode, Samina shares:
Her approach to negotiating for what you want
How to get leaders and higher-ups thinking about your...
2023-12-2025 min