Thrift Stores Report Steady Traffic Amid Rising Textile Costs:

The Yale Budget Lab said in a report that 2025 tariffs will "disproportionately affect clothing and textiles." It says apparel prices will go up by 14 percent in the short run. That will affect anyone who shops retail, but local shops offer a reminder: shopping secondhand locally could be one way to avoid that price jump. Arc's Value Village Sees Steady Traffic Thrift stores are filled with a sound that, to some, could be grating. Others, satisfying. That sound, of course, is the creak of a shopper shuffling hangers through the… Read More