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nytimes.com - 11/6/2008
Goodwill Hunting
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Rebranding castoffs as couture or at least competitive with Wal-Mart.

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Plenty Magazine - Environmental News and Commentary:  Your Daily Green Bit: Eco-chic on the cheap

Inhabitots:  SECONDHAND KIDS SHOPPING

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Your Daily Green Bit: Eco-chic on the cheap
Plenty Magazine - Environmental News and Commentary — ... No surprise:  Goodwill stores were seeing seven percent more shoppers in the first eight months of 2008, compared with the same period last year. And that's not counting this bleak October. The fashion industry is certainly feeling the effects of the economic times, according to the ...

SECONDHAND KIDS SHOPPING
Inhabitots — [image] Last Economy’s Trash = This Economy’s Treasure Once thought of as a case strictly for charity, reusing clothing items has become an integral and environmentally savvy facet of green parenting. Now that Goodwill clothing is ‘hip’ (the D.C. stores have a ...

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