The article discusses the potential impact of President Trump's tariffs on secondhand shops in New York City, highlighting frustrations from thrifters and store owners about rising prices and decreasing tourist numbers. Shop owners like Alexis Krase express concern over dwindling sales linked to economic uncertainty, forecasting that overall consumer spending will decline. Furthermore, as tourism is a key demographic for these shops, a drop in international visitors could significantly harm businesses reliant on this clientele, marking the onset of a challenging period for the thrift industry in the city.
"Most of the thrift stores are already so expensive that it's cheaper to go to Zara," thrifter Yulia lamented. "What's next? People will start to make their own clothes and crochet."
"There's a lot of rhetoric that everybody's going to turn to second-hand [clothing] when wallets tighten," said Alexis Krase, owner of plus-size secondhand store Plus BKLYN in Greenpoint.
"We did only $250 [in sales] that day, which is not enough to even pay my staff," said Krase. "And the next day when [Trump] rolled it back, it went back to normal - so there's definitely fear that exists in consumer spending."
Tourism in the Big Apple, The Post reported, is expected to tank due to the tariffs and corresponding stock market uncertainty.
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