Circular Economy Business Model for a Fashion Rental Platform
Overview
What this challenge is about.
Circular Economy Business Model for a Fashion Rental Platform. Advanced challenge in design. Designing real products under real constraints, earn a blockchai...
The Brief
What you'll do, and what you'll demonstrate.
How can Rent-a-Robe redesign its business model to incorporate circular economy principles, reducing waste and creating new revenue streams while maintaining profitability?
This is not a design exercise. It is the work a product designer does between a brief and a shipped interface. That distinction matters to every hiring manager who has seen candidates redesign Spotify's homepage and none who have worked under real product, regulatory, or timeline constraints.
When you finish, you will have something most graduates do not: a real-world deliverable, verified by Ewance, that you can show to a hiring manager and say "I did this. Here is the proof."
When you finish, you will have something most graduates do not: a real-world deliverable, verified by Ewance, that you can show to a hiring manager and say "I did this. Here is the proof."
Earning criteria — what you'll demonstrate
- Design a circular business model for a service-based company
- Integrate repair, resale, and recycling into operations
- Evaluate financial viability of circular initiatives
- Quantify environmental benefits of circular economy strategies
Program Fit
Where this fits in your program.
Sharpens the same skills your degree expects you to demonstrate.
Sustainability and Sustainable Business
Bachelor · Sustainability
Strong alignment
This challenge maps to Sustainability and Sustainable Business at the Bachelor level. It sharpens the same practical skills your coursework expects — but in a real industry context with actual constraints and deliverables.
Skills
Skills you'll demonstrate.
Each one shows up on your verified credential.
- Circular Economy
Apply circular economy to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Business Model Innovation
Apply business model innovation to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Financial Modeling
Build and validate financial models that support strategic business decisions.
- Sustainability Strategy
Apply sustainability strategy to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
Careers
Career paths this challenge builds toward
Completing this challenge demonstrates skills that transfer directly to these roles: