Sales Promotions and Resource Optimization in Sustainable Fashion

The clothing industry is among the ones with the highest impact on our environment. Water waste, air pollution, pollution from chemicals used in cloth preparation, and disposal of large amounts of new and old clothes through incineration or landfill deposits are some examples. Considering the fast change in fashion trends and variety of styles, people do not get much out of clothes as they should. One solution is to share a fashion item among people until it goes out of style or until it can no longer be used. In this paper, we describe the challenges in the fashion-sharing economy and propose a probabilistic model for sales promotion planning.