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Lidya has been working at the Kantamanto Market for 23 years. To begin with the clothing was of good quality and the profit was good. Now there is too much trash clothing in the bills. The trash gets gathered by the cleaners at the market. But nobody actually knows what happens with the trash items …

Rebecca repairs secondhand clothing all day for it to be re-sold. By repairing and cleaning the clothes she can increase the price by 20 percent. After repairing the items, they can be sold for 40 or 50 Cedi. But on days when the business is bad, she lowers the price to 30 Cedi.  A bill …

For about 20 years Richard has been working at the market. A lot changed at Kantamanto Market when a big fire burned down the whole place. This happened 10 years ago and everyone lost everything. Since then he started buying clothing one piece at a time focusing on a particular style. There are many different …

3 years ago Blessing started working at the market. She sells shirts for men and she only buys bills from the UK. The bill costs 5000 Cedi and the items are resold at 30 to 60 Cedi. In her stall she has clothing items from Danish brands such as Jack and Jones and Bestseller. Many …

25 years ago Comfort started working at the newly opened Kantamanto market. The clothes are in worse condition than they used to be. Due to the fast fashion industry, many of the items are worthless. The business has been bad for Comfort especially because of the trash items inside of the bills. When 40 percent …

Every morning at 6.30 am Marta starts her work at the Kantamanto Market. She has been working from 6.30 am till 5 pm for almost 20 years. Depending on the day she can make 300 Cedi or 1000 Cedi on the clothing she is selling. She always prefers to buy her bills from the countries …

Felicia says that the business has never been as bad as it is now. She has had a stall at the Kantamanto Market for 25 years working at the market from the very beginning. Back then it was a good business and the clothing was high-quality. Now the condition and quality of clothing is very …