Clothes & electronics
Second-hand sale on the Internet attracts vigorously
Does a new sweater have to be really brand new? No, some consumers find and order a second -hand sweater. That is trendy. But the lion’s share is new.
Anyone who buys clothes or books on the Internet is increasingly deciding on second-hand articles. In online trading, sales with such products in Germany last year were estimated to be 9.9 billion euros and thus 7.2 percent higher than 2023, according to a market analysis of the German trade association (HDE) presented in Berlin on Monday.
When trading online with new goods, the plus was only 3.8 percent. However, sales with 88.8 billion euros were much higher, compared to the second hand, there is more of a niche.
How the e-trade has developed
Since 2019, the revenues in online sales of second-hand articles have almost doubled, at that time it was 5.7 billion euros. It’s all about clothes and books, but also about electronics, furnishings, garden tools and toys.
“The second-hand area is becoming increasingly important for textiles,” says HDE expert Stephan Tromp. Many citizens wanted to spend less money and therefore opted for the cheaper goods.
The trade association also published its forecast for conventional online business, i.e. that with new goods. As a result, online trading will bring four percent more sales this year than in 2024, which is a somewhat more optimistic assumption than before. One reason for this is that more and more food and drugstore are being ordered online.
dpa
Source: Stern
