How big fashion took over the second hand market

Thrifting is booming. But as giants like H&M, Zara and Lululemon are jumping onto the trend and cashing in, is it becoming a net negative? #PlanetA #secondhand #thrift Credits: Reporter: Katharina Schantz Camera: Henning Goll, Neven Hillebrands Video Editor: Neven Hillebrands Supervising Editors: Adam Baheej Adada, Michael Trobridge Fact Check: Aitziber Romero Bengoetxea Thumbnail: Em Chabridon Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:53 The glow-up 02:52 Inside the resale industry 04:42 The digital resale boom 06:43 How brands use secondhand to sell more 09:41 How much secondhand is too much? 11:18 What now? Read more: Second-hand clothing markets and a just circular economy?https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652623002974 The Environmental Impacts of Second-Hand Textile Fashion and the Influence of Consumer Choices https://www.researchgate.net/publication/383269526_Do_We_Save_the_Environment_by_Buying_Second-Hand_Clothes_The_Environmental_Impacts_of_Second-Hand_Textile_Fashion_and_the_Influence_of_Consumer_Choices The Waste and Resources Action Program: Textiles 2030 - Annual Progress Report 2023/2024 https://www.wrap.ngo/sites/default/files/2024-11/textiles-2030-annual-progress-report-23-24.pdf Circular Business Models in the Fashion industry https://cfda.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2.-Report-Circular-Business-Models.pdf ThredUp: Resale Report 2025 https://cf-assets-tup.thredup.com/resale_report/2025/ThredUp_Resale_Report_2025.pdf We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. We'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess. Follow Planet A on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dw_planeta?lang=en