Posted on 04/22/2025 9:25:46 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
This could really take a bite out of the Big Apple.
The secondhand apparel industry may be dodging duties on imported goods – but the impact of President Trump’s tariffs on thrift shops may still bring a wrecking ball to businesses across the city, resellers told The Post.
“There’s a lot of rhetoric that everybody’s going to turn to second-hand [clothing] when wallets tighten,” said Alexis Krase, owner of plus-size secondhand store Plus BKLYN in Greenpoint.
“But overall, I think that ultimately means people are also being more critical of spending dollars in general: Overall sales will be down.”
Krase, 40, said she’s already gotten a whiff of what’s to come — Trump first enacted some of his international tariffs earlier this month — when her store saw “the worst sale day we’ve had all year.”
“We did only $250 [in sales] that day, which is not enough to even pay my staff,” said Krase. “And the next day when [Trump] rolled it back, it went back to normal – so there’s definitely fear that exists in consumer spending.”
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EEK!!! NEVER DO THAT AGAIN!
Well, she does own a plus-size thrift store.
Pass.
But in what world does a teriff hurt a second hand store?
We sell used auto parts. The doubling of cheap Chinese crap will be good for my business
LOL! Babylon Bee should sue somebody for stealing their gig.
I bet she is pro fat
In price. Not quantity.
I don’t understand the article either. If tariffs deter people from buying new items, the business at the thrifts should go up, not down.
She hasn’t missed a buffet line that’s for sure.
Mr Kim cuts her off every time “you go now!”
HA
Scary economic headlines mess with consumer confidence - and have a direct impact on consumer spending. I once created a chart tracking the daily sales movement in my company against the Dow Jones Industrial Average moves a day or two earlier - there was an eerily close correlation.
Of course now, with the legacy media deliberately spitting out scary headlines on an hourly basis, retail will get hit - even if the tariffs have had no actual effect, yet.
I looked...
I feel like someone who couldn’t resist looking, even though they knew it was Medusa and they’d turn to stone.
LOL
I used to enjoy looking for antique men’s suits from the ‘30s and ‘40s in secondhand stores. Most of what I found were very small sizes, often 38 regulars, and the like. I could only assume one of two things: either people back then were universally much smaller, or the small sizes went unpurchased at the time and thus survived.
Damn you!
I warned you LOL
I think people actually were generally smaller than they are today. But sizing standards seem to change, too.
(I used to sew a lot of my own clothes, and a standard sewing pattern size always seemed much larger than the same numerical size in the department store.)
Always check the seller on Amazon. I ordered an xl t-shirt one time and could get my arms in it. You have to go up about 2 to 3 sizes.
Hilarious I click the link to go look (lol). The first pop-up was for Viagra (lol). There just isn’t enough of those and alcohol for that to happen in this case.
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