Julia Hathaway of Veazie, Maine, shops throughout the year at thrift shops and estate sales.

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Los Angeles is known for its vintage clothing stores and thrift shops, and San Pedro has several worth checking out.

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"I buy all my clothes in thrift shops, " noted Ms. Reist as they sat in his Upper East Side pied-a-terre.

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Last year in Los Angeles the Salvation Army staged a fashion show sponsored by Paramount Pictures, with designers dressing celebrities in duds plucked from Salvation Army thrift shops.

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For the first time in decades the group is overhauling fundraising and staging attention-getting gimmicks in a bid to increase individual donations and lift sagging sales in its 1, 550 U.S. thrift shops.

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Knowing that the demand for used goods could increase in our slow-growth economy, Sageworks analyzed how this type of retailer (second-hand stores, thrift shops, used good stores, etc.) fares differently from its retailing peers.

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Hipsters buying their clothes in thrift shops and appearing to be happier than achievers are subversive to both the 1% and those of the 99% who think it is important to cut the 1% down to size.

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Tokyo's magnificent and opulent department stores have been replaced by thrift and economy shops.

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Also check local thrift and consignment shops.

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Pick up the uniform at vintage shops, thrift stores and trendier boutiques on and around Bedford Ave.

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Check out vintage clothing shops and thrift stores, particularly in well-to-do towns.

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