thrift
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In January, the online thrift retailer began selling its “Clean Out Kits” on TikTok Shop.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
Overall, there was only a single topline category, miscellaneous store retailers—which includes florists, thrift stores, and pet stores—that posted an outright decline in monthly spending.
From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026
Christine Gast, a New Jersey resident who shops for her five nephews, is big on thrift stores, especially for the clothes and stuffed animals she purchases to fill out those baskets.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026
Several weeks ago, on an unseasonably warm winter afternoon in Chicago, I found myself in the second — or possibly third — thrift shop of the day.
From Salon • Feb. 24, 2026
Mom likes shopping at thrift stores—she calls it treasure hunting, though I have never figured out what exactly makes somebody’s discarded fondue set or chipped flowerpot a treasure.
From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin
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