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Article: Goodwill thrives as snagging bargains attains a certain cachet; Retail Report.(Business)
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- The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA)
- Article date:
- September 18, 2009
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These days, it's good to be Goodwill.
A new Goodwill store in Des Moines made more than 800 sales within an hour of opening Thursday morning as recession-wary shoppers stocked up on everything from used toddler toys for $2 to women's Levis for $6.
"My fiancee got laid off, so we found a way to make ends meet," said Christan Vanslyke, of Kent, who loaded her cart with toys and clothes for her 2-year-old daughter, Zoe. "I'm not too proud for hand-me-downs -- not at all."
The Des Moines store is Goodwill's 23rd in a 15-county region and one of three the Tacoma chapter plans to open by year's end.
Goodwill's Seattle chapter, which covers ...