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Attention Savvy Shoppers, Happy National Thrift Store Day

Posted 10.17.2011

Read More: Thrift Stores, Hair-Beauty, Second Hand, Discount Shopping, Used Clothes, Resale, Consignment Shops, Black Voices News

Start your money-saving engines. Today is National Thrift Store day! Recently, second-hand shopping has become one of the first stops for people lo...

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New Year's Resolution to Declutter Your Closet? Great, Here's How to Do It Responsibly

Mattias Wallander | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Years Resolution, Usagain, Environmental Protection Agency, Discarded Clothing, Used Clothes, Cleaning, Closet, Green News
Mattias Wallander

Not surprisingly, there are huge spikes in textile disposal in the two weeks following Christmas . I should know. At USAgain, we collected almost two million pounds of discarded clothing.

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Men's Wearhouse Launches National Suit Drive To Help Unemployed Men

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Homeless, Mancession, National Suit Drive, Used-Clothes, Business Attire, Men's Wearhouse, Impact News

On any given night, almost 700,000 people experience homelessness in the U.S. Of that number, an estimated 37 percent are people in families -- famili...

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Despite Recession, Textile Consumption Up, Recycling Down

Mattias Wallander | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Secondhand Clothes, Recycling, Usagain, Landfills, Textiles, Used Clothes, Business News
Mattias Wallander

The economy has taken a hit, but that doesn't seem to have stopped Americans from buying new clothes in high volume. In fact, the culture of consumption is still going strong, with Americans hungrier than ever for textiles.

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