Back-to-school bargain-hunters seek second-hand stores

norwichbulletin.com — There are no national estimates of the size of the used-clothing industry, since most of the country's 20,000 resale shops are individually owned and many other sellers operate online. But Goodwill Industries sold $1.8 billion worth of donated goods at its thrift shops in 2007. That's a 67 percent increase from 2001. Aug 14, 2008 View in Crawl 4