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If there was any doubt that there’s a tsunami of interest in resale clothing, the latest example is a new publication, The Happy Thrifter, whose beat covers just 100 miles of southwest Florida jam-packed with thrifting opportunities. The tabloid is so successful that 45 shops are on a waiting list for ads and its publisher, [...]
Calling all thrifters: If you like bargains, make your way to southwest Florida. Goodwill alone has 29 stores in the five counties that cover the resort towns of Port Charlotte, Punta Gorda, Naples, Cape Coral, Fort Myers and Sanibel. But only one of these stores is a Goodwill boutique, where the inventory is high-end donations, [...]
Holidays are celebrated as fun marketing tools in thrift and consignment stores nationwide. As America gets ready to honor St. Patrick on March 17, we’ve seen thrift store windows and racks filled with clothing, purses and shoes in every shade of green. Take, for example, the Bethesda Bargain Box in Delray Beach, FL. One of [...]
As befits Washington, D.C., a city of many secrets, the inventory for the city’s oldest consignment shop arrives discreetly, often brought in by chauffeurs. Dr. Inge Guen (above), a psychologist, created Inga’s Once Is Not Enough, an haute couture resale shop, 24 years ago. It is spread over two townhouses along MacArthur Boulevard in the [...]
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