Reading Fashion Resale Statistics Critically
A clear-eyed look at fashion resale statistics in the resale economy.
Fashion resale statistics are everywhere and often unreliable, because definitions, methodologies, and motivations vary. Market-size and growth figures should be read with care rather than taken at face value.
The disciplined approach is to ask what a statistic measures and who produced it. Projected market size, platform GMV, and retail value are different numbers frequently quoted as if interchangeable.
For the business reader, the trustworthy figures are those tied to disclosed, verifiable sources. Mooselen's own analysis favors what can be sourced over what is merely projected.