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60 stories for“trade finance”

Resale margins are collapsing and collector demand is evaporating. After a decade of speculation and hype, the sneaker market is experiencing a fundamental reset.

Dec 15, 2024

Fashion

Cost Per Wear Is the Only Clothing Maths Worth Doing, and It Can Also Justify Anything

Divide the price by the number of times you will actually wear it. The sum is trivial, the discipline is not, and the reason it keeps producing flattering answers is that almost everybody overestimates the second number.

Aug 22, 2026

Fashion

Fashion Brands Spent Years Fighting Resale. Now They Want to Run It

Secondhand is a 393 billion dollar market and roughly a tenth of all money spent on clothing. Zara, H&M, Levi's and others are building their own platforms to capture a trade they used to ignore.

Aug 17, 2026

Fashion

Fifteen Million Garments a Week Arrive in Ghana, and Forty Per Cent of the Country's Clothing Imports Become Waste

The donation bin is the end of the story for the person using it and the beginning of a long one for everybody else. What happens next is a functioning trade, a genuine livelihood, and a waste problem nobody exports a solution for.

Aug 20, 2026

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The sneaker market cools: what streetwear's reset means

Cost Per Wear Is the Only Clothing Maths Worth Doing, and It Can Also Justify Anything

Fashion Brands Spent Years Fighting Resale. Now They Want to Run It

Fifteen Million Garments a Week Arrive in Ghana, and Forty Per Cent of the Country's Clothing Imports Become Waste

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The sneaker market cools: what streetwear's reset means

Cost Per Wear Is the Only Clothing Maths Worth Doing, and It Can Also Justify Anything

Fashion Brands Spent Years Fighting Resale. Now They Want to Run It

Fifteen Million Garments a Week Arrive in Ghana, and Forty Per Cent of the Country's Clothing Imports Become Waste