In recent years, there has been a rise in the popularity of second hand clothing amongst younger generations. Why is this happening? Do you think it's a positive or negative development?

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clothings
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has been rising amongst
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youngsters nowadays as they have
cheaper
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price
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than new
clothings
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and
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with
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ability of the younger generations.
However
,
this
phenomenon will
give
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a negative impact because it will affect local clothing
brands
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sales
due to
the
price
of used
clothings
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.
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,
second
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clothings
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get much attention
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the
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young people because it has
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low
price
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and
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same
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quality
with
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new clothes in stores. The used clothing sellers are targeted adolescents as their main customers because the young people have lower purchasing power than average people where they are dominated by students and fresh graduates who do not have much income.
As a result
,
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youngsters like to purchase
second
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hand
clothings
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in order to keep
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with the current trend.
This
phenomenon can be seen
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several central markets of used
clothings
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,
such
as Pasar Senen in Jakarta or Pasar Kodok in Bali which still have a
big
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number of visitors, especially
in
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long holidays. Despite its
popularity
, the used
clothings
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become the biggest threat for local brand textiles as they mainly come from overseas.
Price
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of the used
clothings
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are in the same range
with
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the local
brands
, making the local textiles cannot compete with the used
clothings
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where they are imported in a mass volume.
Hence
, the local
brands
have a big struggle to survive from
bankcruptcy
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bankruptcy
. In conclusion,
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second
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hand
textiles
gain
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more
popularity
as they can afford
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young customers.
However
, the
popularity
should be controlled wisely because it
threats
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the development
local
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brands
to survive in the business.
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