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A Survey of Fashion Reconsumption Techniques Employed by Second Hand Clothing Retailers in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

American Journal of Environmental Policy and Management
Vol.1 , No. 4, Publication Date: Oct. 10, 2015, Page: 72-77

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[1]	Dorothy Thompson, Department of Human Ecology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Uyo, Uyo, Nigeria.
[2]	Glory S. Peter, Department of Human Ecology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Uyo, Uyo, Nigeria.

Abstract

This study examined fashion re-consumption techniques employed by second hand clothing retailers in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Specifically, the study examined existing techniques adopted by the retailers and also make constructive proposal on innovative techniques that could further enhance the integrity of the products. A sample of 153 second-hand clothing retailers was systematically drawn from a population of 437, being the registered members of the Railway Flyover Market Union’ in Mile-One market and The Great Second-hand Clothing Committee’ in Oil-Mill market, both in Port Harcourt metropolis. The structured questionnaire titled “Fashion Re-consumption Innovative Practices Questionnaire (FRIPQ) was used to collect data from the respondents. Descriptive statistics of mean scores, frequencies and standard deviation were used to analyse the retrieved data. It was evident from the result that second-hand clothing retailers in Port Harcourt actually carry out fashion re-consumption practices on second-hand clothing and they agreed with the proposed innovative techniques that could be used to enhance the integrity of second-hand clothing products. The study recommended among others that second hand clothing dealers need formal training in order to add value to their second-hand products, by adopting better innovative options which will ensure an improved sales turnover.

Keywords

Fashion Re-consumption, Value-Addition, Second- Hand Clothing, Retailers, Innovation

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