LAKEWOOD, Ohio -- Mary Grauel of Lakewood has long believed that buying new -- whether it's a car or a couch -- is foolish. Why buy something right off the showroom floor when you can, with a little ...

Trunkloads of used children's clothing and toys at thrift and resale shops could be headed for the trash heap come Feb. 10 under a law Congress passed last year to make those products safer. The law ...

You probably know that both consignment and thrift stores sell secondhand goods for a fraction of the price, but there are some differences to keep in mind.

There are currently more than 25,000 resale, consignment and Not For Profit resale shops in the United States. According to forecasts from thredUP, the secondhand and resale market could reach $53 ...

As gas prices approach $4 a gallon and economic growth grinds to a standstill, many retail shops are feeling the pain. Consumers who don’t have as much disposable income are cutting back on clothing ...

An oversized nylon retro Adidas jacket sells for about $70 online. Collective Clothing on Frazier Avenue has it for $35. Some shoppers may sniff at the jacket's "used" status, but plenty of others ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Forget about the outdated notion of thrift shops as the refuge of the working poor, the down and out or the vintage fashion hipster. In these troubled times, the powerful lure of a ...

Black Friday has grown so large that even secondhand shops now hang sale signs, turning already cheap racks into doorbuster ...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — The talk of tariffs and inflation has a lot of people cutting down on extras and watching their spending. The Trump Administration has imposed steep tariffs, and for ...

Melissa Baxter started working in the thrift store industry as a teen and fell in love with the business. At 20, she bought a small consignment shop in the Atlanta suburbs. Now 35, and the owner of ...

Throughout the Bay Area, shoppers looking for high-quality products at bargain prices are increasingly choosing the secondhand experience. From ThredUp, a previously online-only thrift store that has ...