Second-hand consumption as a way of life: public auctions in the surroundings of Alost in the late eighteenth century

Damme, Ilja Van; Vermoesen, Reinoud

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“…For example, archaeological findings related to the Bronze Age have evidenced repair activities being performed on broken or discarded pottery to enable the reuse of ceramics in Greece [17] and the reconditioning of razors made from bronze and iron for reuse across Europe [18]. Records of public actions in late 18th century European countries, e.g., the Netherlands, show that various second-hand household products, such as kitchen utensils, were commonly bought for reuse [19]. During the same period, in the UK, reuse was also practiced for products such as durable bottles that were lent to a consumer and returned to the lender upon their goodwill and with the support of financial incentives, e.g., milk bottles [20].…”

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Characterisation and Environmental Value Proposition of Reuse Models for Fast-Moving Consumer Goods: Reusable Packaging and Products

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Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCGs) are products that are purchased and consumed frequently to satisfy continuous consumer demand. In a linear economy, FMCGs are typically offered as single-use and disposable products. Limitations in product design, insufficient collection systems, and inefficient recovery processes prevent high recycling rates. As a result, FMCGs often end up in landfill or the environment, contributing to waste accumulation, and pollution. Whilst recycling is the most common waste prevention strategy practiced by the industry, the process is limited to addressing only the final stage of the product life cycle, omitting the overproduction and consumption of materials typical of FMCGs. Instead, reuse is a strategy that is capable of extending the value of resources by slowing material flows. Novel reuse models that require the consumer to interact with durable primary packaging and products are emerging in the FMCG industry. However, the constituent elements and operation principles of such reuse models are not fully understood. The aim of this research is to develop a comprehensive characterisation of reuse models and to evaluate their potential to deliver environmental value. Method: Ninety-two reuse offerings were selected and analysed to identify their reuse system elements. The analysis led to the identification of a framework including five reuse models, which were also evaluated to establish their capability to deliver environmental value when compared to conventional single-use and disposable FMCGs. Results: Currently in the FMCG sector, reusable products are mostly durable packaging, such as bottles and containers for beverages, foods, personal and home care goods, and are infrequently durable products, such as personal and baby care goods, including razors and nappies. Three reuse models involve exclusive reuse, a behaviour by which a reusable product is used and kept by a single user throughout the product lifetime. In exclusive reuse models, users are provided with either a reusable product (model 1), a reusable product with preparation for reuse infrastructure (model 2), or access to preparation for reuse infrastructure (model 3). Two reuse models involve sequential reuse, a behaviour by which a reusable product is used by multiple users throughout the product lifetime and returned after each use to a provider. In sequential reuse models, users are provided with either a reusable product with preparation for reuse infrastructure and provider-operated recovery services (model 4), or a reusable product and provider-operated services for recovery and preparation for reuse (model 5). Whilst the five reuse models can operate standalone, some offerings were found to embed a multi-model approach. Both exclusive and sequential reuse models are capable of delivering environmental value by reducing the use of natural resources and retaining their value in the economy. In particular, sequential reuse models were found to have a greater capability to increase the share of recyclable resources by offering access to infrastructure for the closure of material loops. Conclusions: Consumers can currently access five reuse models and choose between exclusive and sequential reuse behaviours. When adopted in conjunction with recycling, reuse models can enable a more efficient consumption of FMCGs. Providing the infrastructure necessary to enable reuse and recycling is key to the successful and sustainable deployment of the reuse models.

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“…While the origins of the high-value end of this trade -in artworks and antiquarian books -has been the focus of attention by art historians and economic historians alike, the experience of the auction was by no means limited to the elites who sought Dutch masters or old Roman coins (Cowan, 2006: 26;Warren and Turpin, 2007). The inhabitants of the villages of Alost/Aalst (north-west of Brussels) and Troutbeck in the English Lake District, and colonial port towns like Charleston and Kingston ( Jamaica), knew how to buy at auction, just as well as any genteel habitué of Christie's Great Rooms on Pall Mall (Van Damme and Vermoesen, 2009;Pennell, 2010).…”

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Bargain hunt? Selling second-hand, c.1600 to the present

Pennell¹

2018

The Routledge Companion to the History of Retailing

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Retail history is a rich, cross-disciplinary field that demonstrates the centrality of retailing to many aspects of human experience, from the provisioning of everyday goods to the shaping of urban environments; from earning a living to the construction of identity. Over the last few decades, interest in the history of retail has increased greatly, spanning centuries, extending to all areas of the globe and drawing on a range of disciplinary perspectives. By offering an up-to-date, comprehensive thematic, spatial and chronological coverage of the history of retailing, this Companion goes beyond traditional narratives that are too simplistic and Euro-centric and offers a vibrant survey of this field. It is divided into four broad sections: 1) Contexts, 2) Spaces and places, 3) People, processes and practices and 4) Geographical variations. Chapters are written in an analytical and synthetic manner, accessible to the general reader as well as challenging for specialists, and with an international perspective. This volume is an important resource to a wide range of readers, including marketing and management specialists, historians, geographers, economists, sociologists and urban planners.

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“…See, for example, Charpy, ‘Scope’; Blondé and van Damme, ‘Retail growth’; van Damme and Vermoesen, ‘Second‐hand consumption’; Ulväng and Lilja, ‘Säljarna’; Ulväng, ‘Varorna’.…”

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Inadequate supply and increasing demand for textiles and clothing: second‐hand trade at auctions as an alternative source of consumer goods in Sweden, 1830–1900

Lilja

Jönsson

2019

The Economic History Review

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Drawing on a study of historical national accounts and statistics, this article shows that a growing supply of mass-consumption textiles and clothing in Sweden during industrialization did not fully meet increasing demand. As a result, high demand for second-hand items remained even at the turn of the twentieth century. Records from a local auction house from 1830 to 1900 show that, even in the 1880s, more affluent urban consumers were still active on the second-hand market. Thereafter, they turned to the market for new goods, while potential demand from labourers and servants continued to be provided for by the second-hand market. Mechanization meant that more items entered this market. It changed the range and quality of objects available, consequently affecting the attractiveness of second-hand textiles and clothing. After the 1870s, falling and converging prices can be discerned, while more durable fabrics largely retained their value. We conclude that the consumer revolution (in a broader sense) had by this stage gained a foothold among ordinary Swedish urban households. The auction trade was part of a democratization of consumption. The general lesson is that understanding mass consumption requires research not only into second-hand consumption, but also into different regional settings.B efore low-cost cotton textiles and industrial production of ready-made clothes paved the way for mass consumption, textiles and clothes accounted for a large part of household budgets. 1 Making textiles and clothes and taking care of them were time-consuming and often trying tasks for households. These objects were also expensive to acquire on the market. As a consequence, objects were passed on, altered, or remade, and, when threadbare, turned into rags and recycled as paper, blankets, or rag rugs. 2 This meant that textiles and clothing had second-hand value.Mechanization of production, together with expanding distribution networks and marketplaces, resulted in falling prices. This made textiles and clothing more affordable and easier to buy for a majority of the population. Over time, home * Authors' Affiliations: Kristina Lilja, Uppsala University; Pernilla Jonsson, Stockholm University. † We are grateful to the editors, three anonymous referees, Dan Bäcklund, and Ylva Sjöstrand for excellent comments. The article was written as part of the project 'Savings in the wardrobe-changes in the value and life cycle of clothes, 1790-1910' (P2014-0034) financed by the Jan Wallander and Tom Hedelius Foundation.

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Second-hand consumption as a way of life: public auctions in the surroundings of Alost in the late eighteenth century

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References 16 publications

Characterisation and Environmental Value Proposition of Reuse Models for Fast-Moving Consumer Goods: Reusable Packaging and Products

Characterisation and Environmental Value Proposition of Reuse Models for Fast-Moving Consumer Goods: Reusable Packaging and Products

Bargain hunt? Selling second-hand, c.1600 to the present

Inadequate supply and increasing demand for textiles and clothing: second‐hand trade at auctions as an alternative source of consumer goods in Sweden, 1830–1900

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