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Fortune
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

Americans are buying more used clothes, but the real story is who's buying what: luxury resale is booming and so is discount

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Americans are spending more on secondhand clothes again after years of dealing with price increases, but the way they’re spending is indicative of America’s K-shaped economy.

Clothes spending overall rose 5.1% in March compared to last year, ending nearly three years of declines, according to a report published by the Bank of America Institute this week. Yet the clothes-buying bonanza wasn’t equal across the board. 

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