More and more Americans are buying used clothes from second-hand stores. Now, some major department stores have started selling old clothes, too. Recently, J.C. Penney and Macy’s started selling used clothing from ThredUP, an online thrift store. James Reinhart is co-founder and chief of ThredUP. He said of the partnerships, “You have to go where the customer is going.” The first big department store that entered the old clothes business was Neiman Marcus. In April, it received part ownership of Fashionphile, an online seller of used designer goods. And this fall, it will launch areas inside some of its stores where customers can sell old designer clothes directly to Fashionphile. These and other recent moves show how businesses can no longer ignore the growing preference of buying and selling old clothes. Shoppers want to pay less for clothes. And they would rather see their old clothes worn again than thrown away.
Title: American Stores Now Selling Used Clothing
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4727/B.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='American Stores Now Selling Used Clothing' data-article-id='5221'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='7271'>More and more Americans are buying used clothes from second-hand stores.</span> <span data-start-time='7271' data-end-time='14500'> Now, some major department stores have started selling old clothes, too.</span> <span data-start-time='14500' data-end-time='25938'>Recently, J.C. Penney and Macy’s started selling used clothing from ThredUP, an online thrift store.</span> <span data-start-time='25938' data-end-time='30729'>James Reinhart is co-founder and chief of ThredUP.</span> <span data-start-time='30729' data-end-time='36792'>He said of the partnerships, “You have to go where the customer is going.”</span> <span data-start-time='36792' data-end-time='44083'>The first big department store that entered the old clothes business was Neiman Marcus.</span> <span data-start-time='44083' data-end-time='53604'> In April, it received part ownership of Fashionphile, an online seller of used designer goods.</span> <span data-start-time='53604' data-end-time='66229'>And this fall, it will launch areas inside some of its stores where customers can sell old designer clothes directly to Fashionphile.</span> <span data-start-time='66229' data-end-time='77583'>These and other recent moves show how businesses can no longer ignore the growing preference of buying and selling old clothes.</span> <span data-start-time='77583' data-end-time='81063'> Shoppers want to pay less for clothes.</span> <span data-start-time='81063' data-end-time='87542'> And they would rather see their old clothes worn again than thrown away.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4727/B.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=16369 data-hint-location='14500' 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