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Now the Quarter Store in town is a thrift shop run by volunteers where everything costs a quarter.

Goodwill, long known for its dingy thrift stores with dark, crammed aisles and overflowing bins, is getting more glamorous.

When she wasn’t glued to her phone, she was rifling through the racks at thrift stores or ordering Hello Kitty memorabilia online.

A report by Ping An Group observed that “higher-quality products and healthier lifestyles are key to Chinese seniors’ spending habits,” noting that older consumers are shifting away from thrift toward self-care, travel and technology-enabled convenience.

Her store, Buffalo Exchange, near the University of Arizona in Tucson, was different than the thrift stores at which Block had spent so much of her free time.