Cast-Off Clothing Fuels a Surge in Thrift Business. Bob Fernandez.
by Fernandez, Bob; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 23Business. Publisher: Philadelphia Inquirer, 2004ISSN: 1522-3191;.Subject(s): Goodwill Industries | Nonprofit organizations | Secondhand trade | Thrift shops | Used clothing industryDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Deluged by inexpensive imports and fierce competition among retailers, shoppers are buying and throwing out clothes as never before. It's a disposable society running in high gear, and a boom in the used clothing industry has followed the trends." (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER) The article reveals how a rising tide of low-cost imports has created a thriving economy of used clothes in the U.S.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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| REF SIRS 2006 Business Article 21 Rise of the Corporate Plutocrats. | REF SIRS 2006 Business Article 22 The Corporation. | REF SIRS 2006 Business Article 23 Our Closets Overflow. | REF SIRS 2006 Business Article 23 Cast-Off Clothing Fuels a Surge in Thrift Business. | REF SIRS 2006 Business Article 23 Toronto Taking Over North American Used-Clothing Market. | REF SIRS 2006 Business Article 24 The Pipeline Home. | REF SIRS 2006 Business Article 24 Gifts of Hope Sent Far Away. |
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006.
Originally Published: Cast-Off Clothing Fuels a Surge in Thrift Business, Dec. 20, 2004; pp. A1+.
"Deluged by inexpensive imports and fierce competition among retailers, shoppers are buying and throwing out clothes as never before. It's a disposable society running in high gear, and a boom in the used clothing industry has followed the trends." (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER) The article reveals how a rising tide of low-cost imports has created a thriving economy of used clothes in the U.S.
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