A használtruha-üzletláncok területi sajátosságai és a használtruha-vásárlási szokások
Spatial Characteristics of Second-Hand Clothes’ Retail Chains and Buying Habits of Used Clothes

Summary/Abstract: The study comprises two parts. In the first part domestic stakeholders in used clothes market are analyzed (supply-side approach), while in the second part buying habits for used clothes are shown through a questionnaire survey (demand-side approach). The first part of the paper examines the spatial characteristics of second-hand clothes retail chains in Hungary from the point of view of regional science. The research, based on primary data collection, focuses on the spatial differences of local unit selection of the Angex, Cream, Háda and Humana companies, the most important Hungarian used clothes retail chain stores in Budapest and in the countryside, by applying GIS methods.As it can be seen from the research, the majority of Háda and Angex stores are located in the country-side, while Cream and Humana opened their sec-ond-hand clothes stores in the capital. Besides their market coverage, the nature of supply and the applied price-strategies also differ.The second part of the study describes the charac-teristics of buying habits for second-hand clothes. The online survey carried out in 2017 yielded 117 replies, and data were processed with mathematical-statistical methods. Results of cross-table analyses show that buying habits for second-hand clothes hardly reflect the social and economic status of the buyers. Buying motivations are quite manifold, so a wide layer of the society appears on the second-hand market.

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