Social SciencesEconomicsMarketingConsumer BehaviorConsumption StudiesFashion DesignConsumer CultureConsumer TheoryConsumption PracticesFashionFashion MarketingFashion MerchandisingCleaningClothing ConsumptionConsumer Buying BehaviorFashion Consumer BehaviorHygieneSecond-hand ShoppingSustainable Behavior ChangeSustainable Consumer Behavior
Second‑hand clothing consumption supports global low‑carbon transition, but the COVID‑19 outbreak created a development dilemma, especially as China’s clothing‑sharing market is rapidly growing. Cultivating consumers’ sustainable behavior will be an effective way to promote the sustainable development of the apparel industry. Using UTAUT, the study examines antecedents of consumers’ use of second‑hand clothing‑sharing platforms in the post‑pandemic era. The pandemic increased health and hygiene awareness and made platform clothing cleaning a primary barrier, yet high cost‑performance, efficiency, and convenience encourage sharing, while perceived economic risk widens the gap between willingness and behavior, so platforms must enhance transparency, ease of use, convenience, safety, and functional sharing to refine sustainable consumption habits.
Second-hand consumption of clothing plays a vital role in promoting the overall global trend of low-carbon transition; however, the COVID-19 outbreak put this consumption model into a development dilemma. Cultivating consumers’ sustainable behavior will be an effective way to promote the sustainable development of the apparel industry. Based on the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT), this study starts with fashion-sharing behavior and investigates the antecedents that influence consumers’ use of second-hand clothing-sharing platforms in the post-pandemic era. The research background involves the Chinese clothing-sharing market in the growing period. The findings revealed that the pandemic raised people’s awareness of health and hygiene protection. In addition, the cleaning problem of platform clothing has become the primary reason for curbing consumers’ choice of sharing. High-cost performance, high efficiency, and convenience can stimulate consumers to use shared services. Considering that the pandemic has driven consumer economic fluctuations, perceived economic risks could widen the gap between willingness and behavior. In conclusion, platforms must fully realize the transparency of the clothing cleaning and maintenance process, improve their own construction level such as ease of use, convenience, and safety, and incorporate functional clothing-sharing to refine people’s sustainable consumption habits.
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