“…While previous studies (Bianchi & Birtwistle, 2010;Reiley & DeLong, 2011) have provided useful information about some of the demographic (e.g., young) and social psychological (e.g., eco-conscious) characteristics of second-hand clothing consumers, the specific drivers of second-hand purchase, especially shopping motivations, are largely unknown. In terms of shopping motivations, researchers have demonstrated a bias toward the purchase of new clothing when investigating hedonic and utilitarian motives (Allard, Babin, & Chebat, 2009;Carpenter, 2008).…”