Unemployment is one of the great evils experienced in some countries. The lack of opportunities completely stops the development of the lives of many families and young people. But Generation Z has decided to try to get ahead despite the few jobs.
Everyone has to eat and the youngest people seek to get ahead with their lives with secondary jobs that They have little to do with what they had dedicated themselves to until the moment they became unemployed..
As published, generation Z is trying to get ahead with . This is the case of Astha Chhetri, a young woman who starts her day by checking her mobile phone.
Through your smartphonereview the list of suppliers and verify that the stock on your website is perfect and without incidents. But she has decided to take her store a step forward. As? With that same mobile phone, He takes photos and videos of the clothes he sells and customers write to him directly.
“I didn’t enjoy my job, either mentally or financially. I wanted to build something of my own,” he told the aforementioned media. Through social networks like Instagram, he has become known and is trying to boost clothing sales.
A second-hand market that is key
The key to this boom among young people with second-hand clothing lies precisely in the immediate impact of this market in India. According to figures from The Guardianthis market is worth 33,000 million rupees, which would translate into 2,500 million pounds sterling or 2,866 million euros per year.
Ananya Khan is 21 years old and a college student in Delhi. Despite his training, he is working in that market. “I love looking for original sweatshirts and t-shirts on Instagram. I usually spend between 800 and 1500 rupees per item.“, he detailed.
Vishu Roy, 22, has decided to go all-in on opening his own second-hand store in a business that has been, practically, by chance. “I started with only Rs 5,000 to Rs 10,000 in savings from part-time jobs and family help,” he said.
“I saw people buying used clothes in the markets and I realized that I could resell them. Now, it is my main source of income,” he revealed. Something that has become a custom on social networks like Instagram.
Some young people do not use this social network for posturing, they use it to try to buy a product from which they can obtain financial returns. “I always check his Instagram posts first thing in the morning. Sometimes I even wait to get exclusive pieces before they are sold out.“says a customer at Vishu Roy’s store.
We have seen it with the collecting of cards, exclusive sneakers and, now, it is the turn of some clothing brands. In India, generation Z has decided to take a step forward in the face of the difficult employment situation and they have tried to carve out their niche and build a future by growing in a second-hand market that is making itself felt in the country.
