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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONSUMER STUDIES
Volume 41, Issue 5, Pages 465-474Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/ijcs.12354
Keywords
apparel consumption; collaborative consumption; sharing economy; sharing
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While apparel businesses leveraging the sharing economy have begun to emerge in recent years, academic research on sharing consumption for apparel is extremely limited. To fill this research gap, the researchers analyze current literature to present a conceptual framework that offers a durable theoretical foundation about the concept of collaborative consumption for apparel. Using a metatheory approach, the researchers develop a framework that explores how two major Internet-supported collaborative consumption modes (utility-based nonownership and redistributed ownership) manifest in an apparel context. Next, the researchers explore the implications of each consumption mode to understand the consumer's relationship with the product, peers, and businesses involved in these sharing schemes. A series of research propositions are also developed to stimulate discussion and future research about collaborative apparel consumption.
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