Abstract
The global trend of second-hand clothing (SHC) consumption is significantly increasing and unstoppable. This trend has made, and will continue to make, a huge impact in the clothing industry in virtually every part of the world. However, the number of studies on SHC are still limited and more importantly, the findings are mixed and inconclusive. This study investigates the trend in SHC research between 1990 and 2014. 131 published academic articles from different disciplines were collected and content analyzed and the results indicate that SHC research was highly focused on the topics of consumption behavior, textile disposal behavior, and SHC trading related issues. In addition, the results also show that SHC research was mainly conducted from the consumers’ point of view. With the increasing interest in SHC, this study attempts to develop a better understanding of SHC phenomena and provide clear future research directions to scholars in designing SHC related research.
Highlights
In modern society, the wearers of the clothes are subject to society’s scrutiny and approval or disapproval (Hansen, 2000)
Emotion The study found that negative emotions, i.e. guilt, play an important role in disposing of second-hand clothing (SHC)
Age This study found that in comparison with developing countries like Chile, older people in Australia tend to have higher SHC disposal behavior through charity
Summary
The wearers of the clothes are subject to society’s scrutiny and approval or disapproval (Hansen, 2000). Despite the amount of research, scholars argue that the number of studies on SHC are still both limited (Na’amneh & Al Huban, 2012) and sporadic (Walter, 2008), and the findings are mixed and lack agreement (Felix, Asuamah & Darkwa, 2013) Scholars believe that this lack of agreement is due to the informal and unstructured nature of SHC transactions (Roux & Guiot, 2008), narrow research topics (Jagel, Keeling, Reppel & Gruber, 2012) and the employment of different research methodologies (Beard, 2008). We present a conclusion and the limitations of this study
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