ThredUp Riding the Wave of Secondhand Fashion's Rapid Growth

Online resale platform thredUP suggests the secondhand #fashion market could trump the size of fast fashion by 2030. Leveraging a new study out from research and analytics firm GlobalData Plc, the company has estimated US sales for secondhand fashion will exceed $75 billion -- double the current size -- within the next five years. 

A decade ago, such a level of growth was unimaginable.  #Secondhand clothing was though of as old, worn, tatty, tainted.  That perception, however, has changed.  It’s now cool, hip, current to be wearing secondhand. There’s a pride in ‘fashion flipping’ – buying secondhand clothes and reselling them. For Boomers and #genzs alike, and from #luxury to mass market consumers, secondhand has come of age.

ThredUp’s suggestion that the secondhand #apparel market will exceed the size of fast fashion by 2030 is a point of debate.  However, there’s no debating that ThredUp is in very strong position to benefit from the #sustainability-led trend.

Smart #leadership. Strong business model.   Good for customers and better for the planet.

#sustainablefashion