Essays about: "second-hand clothes"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 38 essays containing the words second-hand clothes.

  1. 1. Sustainability practices on the Second-Hand Market. A Comparative Analysis of a For-Profit and Non-Profit Second-Hand organization

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Emma Fahle; Alice Fischer; Ebba Nyström; [2023-09-22]
    Keywords : Not-for-profit; For-profit; Second-hand; Circular Economy; Sustainability;

    Abstract : Reusing clothing through second-hand consumption can aid the shift towards circular economies by extending the lifespan of clothes. In the past, non-profit organizations have dominated the second-hand market in Western Europe. READ MORE

  3. 2. Learning Embeddings for Fashion Images

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Datorseende

    Author : Simon Hermansson; [2023]
    Keywords : Computer Vision; Machine Learning; Image Retrieval; CLIP; Masked Autoencoders MAE ; Vision Transformers; Image Captioning; Price Prediction; AI for Fashion;

    Abstract : Today the process of sorting second-hand clothes and textiles is mostly manual. In this master’s thesis, methods for automating this process as well as improving the manual sorting process have been investigated. READ MORE

  4. 3. Second hand + Online + Gen Z = TRUE : A quantitative study on the motivations behind second-hand shopping for clothes online

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Amanda Häggmark; Fanny Olofsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Online shopping second-hand; Generation Z; Impulse Buying Tendency; Perceived Risk; Shopping Motives;

    Abstract : The environmental issues in the world are critical and sustainability becomes more important. There is a certain lack in the textile industry, where the production of clothes is responsible for water pollution, landfill waste and greenhouse gas emission. READ MORE

  5. 4. Motivating Generosity - Investigating Persuasive Strategies for Increasing Clothing Donations to Charitable Causes

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Innovation

    Author : Hannes Bjurström; Arvid Andersson; [2023]
    Keywords : Persuasive Technology; Behavior Model; User Centered Design; Motivation; Encouraging Donation; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Today, the textile industry in Sweden is responsible for up to 1800 tons of textile waste per year, a poor use of resources that results in a negative environmental impact. Additionally, with the rise of fast fashion, which is characterized by rapid trend circulation and a clothing production that matches, clothes are discarded at a higher rate than ever before. READ MORE

  6. 5. Triangle Of Reframing : A study of how organizations shape already existing markets through mobilizing market devices

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Ella Heed; David Hellqvist; [2023]
    Keywords : Market-Shaping; Market Devices; Actor-Network Theory; Second-Hand Fashion; Purchase Barriers; In-Store; Digital Media; Social Media; E-commerce; Market Studies; Sustainable Shopping;

    Abstract : This study addresses the issue of consumers’ wish to shop more sustainable fashion butinstead turning to fast fashion (Islam et al., 2021; Silva et al. 2020; Wang et al., 2022). READ MORE