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Ok, boomer: From balancing your checkbook to ironing your clothes, many vintage skills are becoming obsolete You used to be able to tell a lot about a person by the cut of their gib, the pleat of their pants or the tidiness of their handwriting. These days, with technology streamlining so much of our modern lives, there are fewer individual skills that one needs to get by. For example, when was the last time you balanced your checkbook? Digital natives — people who were born into a world… Source link

As the supply chain crisis threatens to disrupt the holiday shopping season, more people are turning to an unlikely source — used clothing — to fill the gap. November is known traditionally as one of the best months to find deals. This year, however, many hot products are in short supply, or are more expensive than usual because of supply chain bottlenecks. And while discount sales started sooner this year, the secondhand clothing market is increasingly popular. “We’ve seen an explosion… Source link

After a year of wearing the same joggers to work on Zoom calls — and essentially going nowhere during the pandemic — signs are emerging that consumers are starting to rebuild their very outdated closets with new clothes for their post vaccination life this year (hopefully). “More recently, however, we’re seeing signs of customer interest in going out-type apparel beginning to emerge,” Urban Outfitters co-founder and CEO Richard Hayne told analysts on an earnings call Tuesday evening. “We… Source link