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Recent Examples of thrift shop
The funky thrift shop sells upcycled clothing, jewelry and vinyl records, and is open Thursday through Sunday.
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Axios Denver, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
Annie Schlechter The Central Room: The Milo Baughman sofa was found in a thrift shop; the Charlotte Perriand chaise and the William Katavolos chairs were bought at auction.
—Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 10 Sep. 2024
Just enough time for a quick stop at the town thrift shop, which is outstanding.
—R29 Team, refinery29.com, 11 Oct. 2024
Art-lovers could spend an entire trip roaming the city’s many museums while shoppers are kept equally busy with retail offerings which range from luxury designer showrooms to thrift shops to flea markets.
—Anna Haines, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
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Axios Denver, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
Annie Schlechter The Central Room: The Milo Baughman sofa was found in a thrift shop; the Charlotte Perriand chaise and the William Katavolos chairs were bought at auction.
—Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 10 Sep. 2024
Just enough time for a quick stop at the town thrift shop, which is outstanding.
—R29 Team, refinery29.com, 11 Oct. 2024
Art-lovers could spend an entire trip roaming the city’s many museums while shoppers are kept equally busy with retail offerings which range from luxury designer showrooms to thrift shops to flea markets.
—Anna Haines, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thrift shop
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Olivia Heller/The Hustle Because most malls relied on these anchor tenants to draw customers, the rise of big box stores as a replacement for the department stores meant the malls — and the specialty retailers inside them — faced financial problems of their own.Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 6 Dec. 2024
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Plus, the shape of a typical mall and department store almost always requires a complete teardown to bring in housing.Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
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The intrigue: San Francisco heavily restricts chain stores or big-box retailers with 11 or more locations throughout the U.S. from opening in certain neighborhoods due to Proposition G, a 2007 ballot measure aimed at protecting mom-and-pop shops.Nadia Lopez, Axios, 17 Dec. 2024
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The complaint says that since at least 2018, Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits deprived smaller businesses of access to discounts and rebates, harming their ability to compete with large national and regional chain stores.Dan Mangan, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2024
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By the late 1990s, both Woolworth and McCrory’s landed in bankruptcy court after variety stores fell out of favor.Vicki M. Young, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
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Dollar Tree is a leading operator of discount variety stores.Trefis Team, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
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Salem, circa 1955: Before the opening of Walmart, many small-town main streets were home to a Ben Franklin dime store, one of which was under the franchise that gave Sam Walton his start in Newport, 1945.Ray Hanley, arkansasonline.com, 4 Oct. 2024
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Werewolf Lawyer has its own distinct look, a pulp paperback straight from the golden age of dime store novels done by Ian Klarer.Jef Rouner, Chron, 14 Sep. 2024
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Saint Laurent is setting up shop at 72 Gansevoort Street with a two-story boutique that will be the French brand’s largest in New York City and the first of its new design concept.Rhonda Richford, WWD, 11 Dec. 2024
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Before Amrit, the only new high-end hotel to open on Palm Beach Island was the small, boutique White Elephant, back in early 2020.Beth Landman, Robb Report, 10 Dec. 2024
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Or take a job with a micromanaging boss in exchange for a higher salary?Morgan Smith, CNBC, 9 Dec. 2024
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The tariff threats have also sparked an exchange of words between Mexico and Canada as Trump criticized both countries over their border controls.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Thrift shop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thrift%20shop. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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