Brookline resident Jack Breithwaite checks out the electronics aisle at the new Goodwill store on Commonwealth Avenue earlier this month.
(John Tlumacki/Globe Staff)
With consumers scrimping, thrift shops are booming
Mainstream merchants are struggling while many secondhand stores post record sales and expand
Brookline resident Jack Breithwaite checks out the electronics aisle at the new Goodwill store on Commonwealth Avenue earlier this month.
(John Tlumacki/Globe Staff)
Secondhand stores had never appealed to Rosa Medeiros. But her sister-in-law recently persuaded Medeiros to check out resale merchant Children's Orchard in Milford. These days, Medeiros is shopping at the thrift store for her 10-month-old son instead of at trendy tyke shops such as Babies 'R' Us and Baby Gap. Last week, she was at Children's Orchard buying a basket ... (Full article: 816 words)
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