Thrift shop Coverage

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Nonprofit needs help to move to new location

DejaVu Thrift Store, which is part of Hope Connection International, already needs to relocate to make way for new development in Cary.

Thrift store needs help to fund nonprofit, move to a new location

A nonprofit is trying to save one of its biggest sources of revenue. DejaVu Thrift Store, which is part of Hope Connection International, already needs to relocate to make way for new development in Cary.

Destinee Patterson, WRAL reporter

Thrift store needs help to fund nonprofit, move to a new location

$3.99 thrift store find sells for $100,000

A Virginia woman's $3.99 thrift store find at a Goodwill location in Hanover back in June earned her thousands right before Christmas. The vase was sold for over $100,000!

Bought for $3.99 from a Virginia thrift store, this vase just sold for over $100,000

Jessica Vincent fondly remembers embarking on frequent thrifting trips -- at secondhand stores, yard sales, flea markets -- with her mother as a child. It's a habit she retained into adulthood, and one that on Wednesday turned into a six-figure windfall for the Richmond, Virginia native (and the art and design auction house Wright), when a glass vase she purchased for $3.99 sold for over $107,000.

Kids Exchange Consignment Sale returns to Raleigh

Parents, if you're shopping for your kids and trying to avoid the pinch of inflation, you're in luck. The annual Kids Exchange Consignment Sale opens to the public Friday morning.

Consumers are still buying lots of furniture, electronics, home decor and clothing -- from each other

Savvy consumers have found a way around sky-high inflation to keep buying more than just necessities.

By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business

Consumers are still buying lots of furniture, electronics, home decor and clothing -- from each other

Sloane Heffernan: The Giving Tree funds local schools with your donations

Are you looking for a good excuse to shop? I don't know about you, but I love a good bargain! And I love helping a good cause. You can do both at The Giving Tree in Wake Forest.

Sloane Heffernan, WRAL contributor

Sloane Heffernan: The Giving Tree funds local schools with your donations

Shop and give back to local schools

The Giving Tree is a nonprofit thrift and gift shop that sells home-goods, books, toys and games, linens, furniture, cookware, antiques, vintage items, artwork, dishes and much more. A portion of The Giving Tree sales benefits local schools (public, private and charter) in Wake Forest.

Giving second-hand gifts growing trend during pandemic

Looking for the perfect gift this holiday season? It might just be at the thrift store.

Adults with disabilities find opportunity at new Raleigh thrift store

Executive Director Chrystal Austin said, "The mission is to employ adults with autism and intellectual disabilities. We wanted to have more jobs for this population, because it's needed."

Real-Life Works thrift store in Raleigh hopes to offer more job opportunities for those with autism and other intellectual disabilities

Executive Director Chrystal Austin said, "The mission is to employ adults with autism and intellectual disabilities. We wanted to have more jobs for this population, because it's needed."

Rick Armstrong, WRAL photojournalist