{"id":714,"date":"2025-06-05T08:57:36","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T08:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ireachinsights.com\/?p=714"},"modified":"2025-06-05T08:57:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T08:57:36","slug":"adults-in-ireland-have-spent-on-average-over-e61-million-on-second-hand-clothes-or-accessories-in-the-last-12-months-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.teamarcs.com\/ireach\/adults-in-ireland-have-spent-on-average-over-e61-million-on-second-hand-clothes-or-accessories-in-the-last-12-months-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Adults in Ireland have spent on average over \u20ac61 million on second hand clothes or accessories in the last 12 months."},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>In Ireland 780,000 adults have purchased second-hand clothes in the last year totaling over \u20ac61m in 2024.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>35% of adults have or plan to purchase second hand clothes\/ accessories, of these 46% are Gen Z\u2019s.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gen Z adults have on average spent \u20ac6.5 million on second hand clothes or accessories in the last 12 months.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>72% of those who have purchased second hand clothes, search for them in charity shops, 42% look for them in second hand stores, and 36% find them online.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>60% of Gen Z search for second hand items from charity shops and 54% purchase them in second hand stores.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>More than 1 in 3 (37%) Gen Z adults purchase second hand items in markets and 25% purchase them online.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Of those who purchase second hand items online, 43% purchase them on eBay, 38% buy from Done Deal, and 36% purchase from Etsy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>82% of Gen Z purchase from Depop, 73% purchase from Etsy, 45% purchase them from Vinted, and 45% purchase them from Facebook Marketplace,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>27% of adults have sold items on Done Deal, 25% have sold items on Facebook Marketplace, 17% have sold items on Depop, and 17% have sold items on eBay.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>73% of Gen Z have sold items on Depop and 36% have sold items on Vinted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the past 12 months, 46% of adults think they have spent less than \u20ac50, 22% think they\u2019ve spent \u20ac50-\u20ac100, and 17% think they\u2019ve spent \u20ac101-\u20ac150.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>45% of Gen Z think they\u2019ve spent less than \u20ac50 and 36% think they\u2019ve spent \u20ac101-\u20ac150.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For more statistics you can visit us at our blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/ireachhq.com\/blog\">https:\/\/ireachhq.com\/blog<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>About iReach Insights<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">iReach Insights provides a range of research and market intelligence services in Ireland and Europe. iReach has built a Consumer Decisions Research Panel of 40,000 members in Ireland, delivering robust research insights. The survey questions were included in the Nationally Representative iReach Consumer Decisions Omnibus run between the 13<sup>th<\/sup> and 20<sup>th<\/sup> of February and has a 3% Confidence Interval and 95% Confidence Level.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Questions asked of adults nationwide:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Q1. Have you ever or do you plan to purchase second hand clothes and\/or accessories (Jewellery, hand bags, shoes etc.)?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Q2. Where do you search for such purchases?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Q3. Have you purchased from any of the following Online sites?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Q4. Have you ever sold items on any of these Online sites?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Q5. How much do you think you spend on second hand clothes or accessories in the past 12 months?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>iReach Insights Limited \u2013 Temple Hall, Temple Road, Blackrock, CO. Dublin, IRELAND.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>iReach Managing Director: Oisin Byrne<\/strong><strong><br \/>\nT: 01-214 3740 or email: <\/strong><strong><a href=\"mailto:oisin.byrne@ireachhq.com\">oisin.byrne@ireachhq.com<\/a> or phone 086 8506364<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Ireland 780,000 adults have purchased second-hand clothes in the last year totaling over \u20ac61m in 2024. &nbsp; 35% of adults have or plan to purchase second hand clothes\/ accessories, of these 46% are Gen Z\u2019s. &nbsp; Gen Z adults have on average spent \u20ac6.5 million on second hand clothes or accessories in the last<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.teamarcs.com\/ireach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.teamarcs.com\/ireach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.teamarcs.com\/ireach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.teamarcs.com\/ireach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.teamarcs.com\/ireach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=714"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dev.teamarcs.com\/ireach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":715,"href":"https:\/\/dev.teamarcs.com\/ireach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714\/revisions\/715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.teamarcs.com\/ireach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.teamarcs.com\/ireach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.teamarcs.com\/ireach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}