KURB Newsletter July 2025

What can we say about this monster month here at KURB. Our biggest service to date was released, we updated sorely needed elements of the KURB system, released one of the most enjoyable interviews yet, and activated 3 additional communication channels. All that in addition to what we do every month, the midnight oil has never been so burned.

After months of designing and development, primarily guided by your feedback we finally released our greatest addition yet: KURB Pro. At as low as $4 a month you can take advantage of the fastest, most comprehensive and up-to-date secondhand designer search engine on the planet to give you up-to-the-minute notifications across devices as soon as new items according to your filters hit the market. The response from some of your favourite resellers has been overwhelmingly positive. If you want to keep a step ahead and never miss your dream piece again, the solution is KURB Pro.

On top of that we’ve overhauled elements of our technology and added two new pages. To combat the immense performance issues we were facing earlier this month, we worked day and night re-engineering core components of our search technology to enhance the search efficiency. We’ve also upgraded our backend hardware to ensure we have a bit more leeway when carrying out these optimisations. We have added a “How-to” page alongside the KURB Pro page to better communicate how to utilise this service. There has also been a re-design of item product pages and slide-in to better service our users. But that’s really the tip of the iceberg, we have many more frontend and backend enhancements planned for next month!

Hilde from Dr. Princess Vintage invited us to her backyard and offered us a little window into the heart of her store. We spoke about our cinematic influences in fashion, how the secondhand designer environment of Stockholm compares to other cities, along with the highs and lows of being a reseller. Have a read of it all on our Substack and check out her store to see where all the magic happens!

Several of our channels have been sorely neglected but we finally put a plan of action to revive them with dedicated content. While our TikTok may spell the demise of KURB, it will at least open up the doors to a new career tract for Ali (our founder) to explore his brainrot outside of internal communications. Learn more about what “schadenfreude” is by visiting our TikTok! But that’s not where the brainrot ends, we have also been sending out weekly community emails to users signed into KURB. Here you can really see the crevices of our neural matter splayed out. In the least exciting news we have ever announced, we’ve set down a routine for Linkedin posting. Have mercy on our soul.

This month we officially hit over 500 vendors and 400 designer brands! We added Muted Vintage, Stacey Nishimoto, triptyc, darina’s garmz, SLOWFASHION, mellow madrid, solarbeam kingdom and EVOIIA. It’s been a long time coming, but we finally added more classic designer brands including: Chanel, Fendi, Blumarine, Isabel Marant, Missoni, Louis Vuitton alongside more niche brands like Giuseppe Zanotti, Pledge, Emilio Pucci, among others.

In direct contrast to this month's energy, our Spotify playlist this month takes on a more sombre mood. Splash out a 5 pointed sigil surrounded by lit candles on your living room floor with us as we clasp hands in seance with the spirits of past e-commerce massacres.

We may be another month down, but we’re always up here at KURB. There was a moment I had wondered if there’d be anything to do after KURB Pro but looking at what we have in store for next month, I was sorely mistaken. To keep on top of all that’s happening, you can check us out on Instagram, Pinterest, TikTok, Linkedin, Discord, along with signing up to our community newsletter!

Let us know what you think on anything at all via our email: [email protected]