Clementine

What Clementine does

Clementine is a privately held, family-owned consignment boutique founded in 2003 in Richmond, Virginia. The company operates a single physical storefront at 3118 W. Cary Street in Richmond's Carytown district (open seven days a week), supplemented by a Shopify e-commerce storefront at shopclementinerva.com that ships within the U.S. only. Its core offering is a hand-curated assortment of contemporary and designer secondhand women's clothing, shoes, and accessories sourced from consignors across the U.S., with a controlled consignment intake process that requires appointments and accepts 1-2 tote bags per session.

The business runs on a consignment revenue model in which consignors receive 50% of the selling price when items sell, with a 60-day consignment period that incorporates automatic price markdowns (full price for 30 days, 50% off for 15 days, and 75% off for the final 15 days). Secondary revenue streams include direct retail sales of curated merchandise and a dual gift card program (e-gift cards for online use and physical gift cards by mail redeemable across the sister-store network), available in denominations from $10 to $200 with no fees or expiration. Technology infrastructure is limited to the Shopify storefront and a Maestrooo theme; no proprietary software, mobile app, API, or AI capabilities are disclosed.

Clementine serves three primary persona segments: women seeking designer and contemporary fashion at 50-75% below retail, women looking to monetize quality clothing through consignment, and sustainability-focused consumers prioritizing secondhand shopping. The company has expanded its reach through a sister-store ecosystem that includes Ashby (affordable resale and men's clothing at 3010 W. Cary Street), Clover (children's and maternity at 3024 W. Cary Street), and Wilder (Charlottesville location at 1718 Allied St in McIntire Plaza), all of which cross-promote and share consignment referrals. Marketing is driven by earned media, regional press features, social media announcements, and recurring "Best Consignment Shop" awards from Richmond Magazine and Virginia Living Magazine, alongside community partnerships with local Richmond nonprofits.

Name

Clementine

Legal name

Clementine

Website

https://shopclementinerva.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Clementine is a family-owned, consignment-based secondhand fashion boutique founded in 2003 in Richmond, Virginia, selling curated contemporary and designer women's apparel at 50-75% below retail. It operates a single Carytown storefront plus a Shopify e-commerce site and a sister-store network (Ashby, Clover, Wilder) across Virginia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Secondhand Women's Fashion Retail

NAICS

Clothing, Clothing Accessories, Shoe, and Jewelry Retailers (458)

SIC

Retail-Women's Clothing Stores (5621)

akta.pro primary industry

Luxury Consignment Boutiques (Online/Offline) (CRAKAKAE)

Keywords

• Consignment fashion retail
• Secondhand designer clothing
• Women's boutique
• Pre-owned apparel
• Sustainable fashion resale

Headquarters

HQ city

Richmond, Virginia

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Consignment Sales: Clementine sells consigned clothing on behalf of sellers and takes a 50% commission when items sell. Sellers receive 50% of the selling price. Items follow a 60-day consignment period with full price for first 30 days, 50% off for next 15 days, and 75% off for the final 15 days.
2. Direct Retail Sales: Retail sales of curated contemporary and designer women's fashion items including clothing, shoes, and accessories. Items sold directly to consumers at marked prices.
3. Gift Cards: Both physical gift cards (by mail) and e-gift cards available for purchase in denominations from $10 to $200. Gift cards have no fees or expiration dates.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Clementine is a consignment-based secondhand fashion boutique that sells curated contemporary and designer women's clothing, shoes, and accessories at the Carytown location in Richmond, VA and via its Shopify e-commerce storefront. The company takes seasonal consignment by appointment, paying consignors 50% of the selling price, and prices items on a 60-day schedule with automatic markdowns.

Product overview

Clementine is a consignment-based secondhand fashion boutique specializing in contemporary and designer women's fashion. The company operates as a single-location retail business offering two primary customer-facing products: E-Gift Cards for online purchases and Gift Cards By Mail for in-store redemption. Beyond gift cards, the store's core offering consists of curated consigned clothing, shoes, and accessories from premium brands, sold both in-store and through its e-commerce platform. The business model is entirely consignment-based, with consignors receiving 50% of the selling price when items sell.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Consignors receive 50% payout when items sell
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• AshbycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAshby is Clementine's resale store offering affordable trends and styles for adults and teens. Located at 3010 W. Cary Street. Consignment appointments available. Customers with men's clothing or seeking immediate payout are referred to Ashby. Cross-promotional relationship between sister stores.
• WildercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWilder is Clementine's secondhand store for adults located in Charlottesville at 1718 Allied St in McIntire Plaza. Wilder does not buy clothes locally but serves as the Charlottesville extension of the Clementine brand ecosystem.
• ClovercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClover is Clementine's children's and maternity secondhand shop located at 3024 W. Cary Street in Richmond. Customers seeking to sell premium brand maternity, nursing, and children's clothes (0-14) are referred to Clover. Cross-promotional sister store relationship.
• Local NonprofitsminorOthersClementine supports local nonprofits through partnerships, extending the life of clothing and giving back to the Richmond community. Unsold passes and items may be donated to nonprofit partners.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Buffalo Exchange: National chain of buy-sell-trade secondhand fashion stores accepting inventory directly from customers. Comparable to Clementine as a scaled brick-and-mortar consignment/resale competitor with similar walk-in intake model, though with broader (less curated) assortment.
• Depop: Social-first peer-to-peer resale marketplace for secondhand fashion popular with Gen Z and millennials. Comparable to Clementine as a competing secondhand women's apparel channel, with younger-skewing positioning and digital-native operations.
• ThredUp: Online resale platform for secondhand women's and children's clothing with managed consignment ("Clean Out" kits). Directly comparable to Clementine's apparel resale model, though operating nationally via digital intake rather than boutique appointments.
• Crossroads Trading: National chain of physical resale stores for women's and men's contemporary fashion, offering cash on the spot for accepted items. Comparable to Clementine as a multi-location brick-and-mortar secondhand apparel retailer with similar target demographic.
• Poshmark: Peer-to-peer social resale marketplace with strong focus on women's fashion and accessories. Comparable to Clementine as a competing secondhand women's apparel channel, though less curated and more reliant on individual sellers.
• Plato's Closet: Franchise chain of teen and young adult resale stores buying and reselling current-season fashion. Comparable to Clementine as a scaled physical consignment competitor, particularly analogous to its sister store Clover given the youth/maternity positioning.
• Tradesy: Online peer-to-peer marketplace focused on pre-owned designer handbags, clothing, and accessories. Directly comparable to Clementine's curated designer consignment model, with overlapping target customer of style-conscious women seeking premium brands secondhand.
• Vestiaire Collective: Global online marketplace for pre-owned luxury and designer fashion with authentication. Comparable to Clementine as a curated consignment/resale channel for premium contemporary and designer women's apparel, with broader geographic reach.
• The RealReal: Online luxury consignment platform for authenticated pre-owned designer fashion. Directly comparable to Clementine as a competing channel for consigning and selling secondhand designer women's apparel, though operating at national digital scale versus Clementine's brick-and-mortar boutique model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/clementine-llc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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