''Online retailers including Amazon and eBay have reported surging sales of secondhand clothes, and the arts and crafts industry, which boomed during the pandemic, is expected to carry on growing for the rest of the decade as people prefer to make stuff rather than buy it new.' (The Guardian, December, 2023)
One way or the other, the second-hand market will soon become mainstream, even in the first-world. For a long time, many of us have thought such a market is beneath us. However, for the sake of our survival and that of our environment, that mindset is shifting.
So, how about you? How open are you right now to patronising second-hand markets? Please leave a comment below.
For the full article, check out: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/dec/02/are-young-people-poised-to-slam-the-brake-on-endless-economic-growth
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