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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5199/A.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='People Reconsider Clothes as Normal Life Returns in US' data-article-id='5745'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='12979'>Americans are letting go of their old clothes as COVID-19 vaccinations continue, restrictions are eased and offices are reopening. </span> <span data-start-time='12979' data-end-time='21042'>The clothes are going to online resale sites as well as donation centers.</span> <span data-start-time='21042' data-end-time='34500'>The used-clothes marketplace ThredUP paid the research company GlobalData to find information on the movement in used clothing. </span> <span data-start-time='34500' data-end-time='48417'>Projections by GlobalData show the business is expected to double from $36 billion to $77 billion in 2025.</span> <span data-start-time='48417' data-end-time='53083'>James Reinhart leads ThredUP. </span> <span data-start-time='53083' data-end-time='61229'>He said the growth is driven by new sellers putting high quality clothes into the market. </span> <span data-start-time='61229' data-end-time='71938'>He estimates that Americans collectively have at least $9 billion worth of products they do not wear.</span> <span data-start-time='71938' data-end-time='77792'>Buying and selling used clothes was popular before COVID. </span> <span data-start-time='77792' data-end-time='86042'>However, since the pandemic, the movement for buying and selling used clothes has strengthened.</span> <span data-start-time='86042' data-end-time='92625'>Reinhart said shoppers think more about the environment now. </span> <span data-start-time='92625' data-end-time='108104'>He said an increasing number of them seek products that have a good resale value instead of low-cost, low-quality clothes, known as fast fashion.</span> <span data-start-time='108104' data-end-time='117250'>Reinhart said, the change demonstrates a new beliefs set among the clothes-buying public.</span> <span data-start-time='117250' data-end-time='127771'>“It’s not this buy, wear, throw out,” he said, adding that people are much more sensitive to the idea of waste.</span> <span data-start-time='127771' data-end-time='136292'>TheRealReal is a luxury resale site with more than 22 million members. </span> <span data-start-time='136292' data-end-time='148833'>A company report says that the total value of used goods sold this year through May was about $239 million. </span> <span data-start-time='148833' data-end-time='159354'>The report said that number represents a 53 percent increase from the same period in 2019.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5199/A.jpeg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=17737 data-hint-location='92625' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5199/what_is_fashion.wav'>What is fashion?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='a popular trend, especially in styles of dress and ornament or manners of behavior'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5199/a_popular_trend_especially_in_styles_of_dress_and_ornament_or_manners_of_behavior.wav'><span>a popular trend, especially in styles of dress and ornament or manners of behavior</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5199/a_small_organized_dissenting_group_within_a_larger_one_especially_in_politics.wav'><span>a small organized dissenting group within a larger one, especially in politics</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5199/an_act_of_running_somewhere_suddenly_and_hastily.wav'><span>an act of running somewhere suddenly and hastily</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5199/a_uniform_mass_made_by_crushing_a_substance_into_a_soft_pulp_sometimes_with_the_addition_of_liquid.wav'><span>a uniform mass made by crushing a substance into a soft pulp, sometimes with the addition of liquid</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=17738 data-hint-location='48417' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5199/what_does_the_company_thred_up_sell.wav'>What does the company Thred Up sell?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='used clothes'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5199/golf_attire.wav'><span>golf attire</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5199/sewing_accessories_.wav'><span>sewing accessories </span></div><div class='choice' 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