By Alicia Cruz
The Black Urban Times
Monday was 25 percent-off day and a herd of bargain hunters packed the parking lot of Unique Thrift shop in Watchung.
Inside, shoppers moved from rack-to-rack delighting in their finds: Ralph Lauren dresses retailing for $14.99, Steve Madden shoes going for a cool $24.99 and pinstripe shirts for $4.99 each.
Unique isn't your mother's thrift shop, but a modern day thrift shop with items that's selling everything from Badgley Mischka gowns (priced at $700 and up in department stores) for a mere $114.99 to Stride Rite shoes ($3.99).
Shoppers love it, but members of the non-profit community are raising brows in unease at how Unique obtains it's electronic merchandise.
Unlike thrift store Goodwill, Unique is not a charity. It is a for-profit business that contracts with charities to pick up and buy their donated goods at bulk rates and keeps whatever it makes on resale, The Star-Ledger reported.
Daniel Borochoff, president of the American Institute of Philanthropy, which monitors charity fundraising practices said.....FULL ARTICLE
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Union, NJ- Unique Thrift Store Delivers the Goods
When it comes to embracing secondhand stores, I’ve always thought you either enjoy thrifting or you don’t, but I’ve finally found a place that could turn even ardent non-thrifters thrifty: Unique Thrift Stores.
This national chain fastidiously presents merchandise with such meticulous retail savvy that they’ve earned a devout following amongst connoisseurs of vintage threads and frugal shoppers alike. Already sporting seven locations in New Jersey, it has just opened another on Route 22 in Union.
I remember being taken aback when I walked into my first Unique Thrift Store in Watchung. The national brand prides itself in offering clean, crisp and well-stocked items in a wide variety of...MORE
The Black Urban Times
Monday was 25 percent-off day and a herd of bargain hunters packed the parking lot of Unique Thrift shop in Watchung.
Inside, shoppers moved from rack-to-rack delighting in their finds: Ralph Lauren dresses retailing for $14.99, Steve Madden shoes going for a cool $24.99 and pinstripe shirts for $4.99 each.
Unique isn't your mother's thrift shop, but a modern day thrift shop with items that's selling everything from Badgley Mischka gowns (priced at $700 and up in department stores) for a mere $114.99 to Stride Rite shoes ($3.99).
Shoppers love it, but members of the non-profit community are raising brows in unease at how Unique obtains it's electronic merchandise.
Unlike thrift store Goodwill, Unique is not a charity. It is a for-profit business that contracts with charities to pick up and buy their donated goods at bulk rates and keeps whatever it makes on resale, The Star-Ledger reported.
Daniel Borochoff, president of the American Institute of Philanthropy, which monitors charity fundraising practices said.....FULL ARTICLE
ARTICLE
Union, NJ- Unique Thrift Store Delivers the Goods
When it comes to embracing secondhand stores, I’ve always thought you either enjoy thrifting or you don’t, but I’ve finally found a place that could turn even ardent non-thrifters thrifty: Unique Thrift Stores.
This national chain fastidiously presents merchandise with such meticulous retail savvy that they’ve earned a devout following amongst connoisseurs of vintage threads and frugal shoppers alike. Already sporting seven locations in New Jersey, it has just opened another on Route 22 in Union.
I remember being taken aback when I walked into my first Unique Thrift Store in Watchung. The national brand prides itself in offering clean, crisp and well-stocked items in a wide variety of...MORE
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