Goodwill – the king of thrift

A bargain: People sift through used clothes that are sold at a Goodwill outlet in New Jersey. Goodwill and other markets that sell pre-owned items have seen a rise in customers due to inflation costs. — AFP

THE United States consumers are reeling from inflation, but they still want to spend.

Goodwill Industries, the Washington-based non-profit thrifting giant, is helping them do it.On a recent weekday, Nick Adams, senior director of retail for Goodwill-Easter Seals Minnesota, the St Paul-based affiliate of Goodwill Industries, showed me around the organisation’s brightly painted, two-storey local flagship store.