FROM «MEGA» MALL TO SECOND-HAND STORE: YOUTH CONSUMPTION OF SECOND-HAND CLOTHING IN ST. PETERSBURG Cover Image

ИЗ «МЕГИ» В «СЕКИ»: МОЛОДЕЖНОЕ ПОТРЕБЛЕНИЕ ОДЕЖДЫ СЕКОНД-ХЕНД В САНКТ-ПЕТЕРБУРГЕ
FROM «MEGA» MALL TO SECOND-HAND STORE: YOUTH CONSUMPTION OF SECOND-HAND CLOTHING IN ST. PETERSBURG

Author(s): I. Bezman
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Business Economy / Management, Social development, Sociology of Culture, Sociology of the arts, business, education, Economic development, Business Ethics, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Издатель Наталья Докучаева
Keywords: second hand; youth; consumption; markets; St. Petersburg; individualization;

Summary/Abstract: This article examines the meanings of second-hand consumption in the city of St. Petersburg. The data were collected from observation and semi-structured interviews with young consumers and experts. The findings concern peculiarities of second-hand retail spaces in the city, specific features of used clothes attractive to consumers and reasons explaining why young people in St. Petersburg chooses consumption of used material objects.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 126-136
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Russian