Figure 1.
The diagram explains valuation practices for used items by linking descriptions of empirical material to first order concepts, second order themes, and an aggregate dimension. Sorting involves multiple stages and locations such as collection centres, storages, and stores, guided by lists, labels, and profiles, and influenced by staff and consumer knowledge. Modifying includes no change, minor fixes, or transformation using tools, cleaners, and spare parts, depending on staff skills. Pricing takes place during sorting and beyond, through stores, digital platforms, and negotiations, with staff and consumers influencing adjustments. Marketing communicates value through displays, decorations, posters, and digital platforms, carried out by store staff, consumers, and influencers. Revaluing considers brand, material quality, creative potential, sustainability, and association with trends. Devaluing removes items that are broken, dirty, or undesirable. These practices form two overarching themes: sets of valuation practices, which include sorting, modifying, pricing, and marketing, and regimes of valuing, which include revaluing and devaluing. Together, they contribute to the aggregate dimension of valuation.Thematic coding matrix
Source: Adapted from Gioia et al. (2013)