Resale and secondhand marketplaces. The circular wardrobe: thrift, consignment, and apps.
It is an entire industry.
It exists to relieve Clothes wear out and fashions change. That is the whole reason it is here: nothing enters this map without a human problem behind it.
It could not exist without Smartphones and internet and Logistics and delivery networks. These are the quiet preconditions — remove any one and the solution stops working.
6 organisations in this map sell it, 2 of them publicly listed.
Its neighbourhood
Everything this entry connects to directly. Click any point to follow it.
The line back to a human being
2 hops from a person at a phase of life. The further a thing sits from the person, the more abstract it looks — and the more it tends to be mistaken for something that came from nowhere.
- SolutionResale and secondhand marketplaces
- FrictionClothes wear out and fashions change
- Life phaseAcross every phase
- Rooted inShelter
- Rooted inStatus
Relieves
Requires
Who sells it
| Organisation | Value | Type | Products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prosus | $130B | public · PRX | Tencent stake, iFood, Just Eat Takeaway |
| Zalando | $8B | public · ZAL | online fashion, Zalando pre-owned |
| Vinted | $5.5B | private | secondhand fashion marketplace |
| The Salvation Army | nonprofit | shelters, thrift stores, addiction programmes | |
| Goodwill Industries | nonprofit | thrift stores, job training | |
| Habitat for Humanity | nonprofit | affordable homeownership, ReStore |