For National Thrift Shop Day and any day, expeditions to secondhand stores are an economical, environmental and creative solution for fashion and home goods.
An average American throws out 60-80 pounds of used clothing in a lifetime. Add up all the people tossing the items they’re tired of and we’re talking many lifetimes of polluting degredation in a landfill.
Nowadays, as younger generations in particular rethink consumption, the thrift or secondhand store is attracting shoppers who are not just mindful of what they’re spending, but of the waste their closets generate. Of course that’s true of any shopping day of the year. And if brick-and-mortar sellers don’t give you enough inventory, online platforms ThredUp TDUP , LetGo, or high-end secondhand outlet The RealReal REAL are just a few of the popular names in the expanding market that’s making a business of giving our posessesions a longer life.
The report shows more than 40% of Gen Z consumers, and just above them, millennials, have shopped for secondhand apparel, shoes or accessories in the year before the survey. What’s more, younger generations are less likely to hold onto clothes for a long time. Gen Z is 165% more likely to consider the resale value of the clothes they are buying before actually purchasing them compared to boomers. Gen Z is 83% more likely to “strongly agree” owning clothes is only temporary and 33% more likely to resell their clothes.
Think twice before you trade in your old smartphone or tablet — you could make more money ‘upcycling’ on resale sites
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