"It was an overwhelming first time at the bins, but also fascinating to see how they process donations and get everything into those big blue bins. While thrifting has always been popular, it seems to be having a major moment right now, especially among a certain demographic. Inside the outlet, also called "the bins," items are not organized by size or color on racks or shelves."
""We do about 450 table rotations a day, during the summer time, and that can go up to over 500 table rotations a day," said Mark Gormley, the airport outlet manager. Some shoppers wait in line in the morning and are there until 2 or 3 p.m. People of all kinds and backgrounds come in to shop, but recently, Gormley has noticed a bit of a shift in the customer base."
""There's been a lot more younger people doing it now because of the social media and TikTok," Gormley said. "What they do is they come in and shop the entire morning and go home and post online." "Our general donation is about 70 customers to 120 customers per day, and that's just a portion of what's coming in here," said Gormley."
Donated items are collected, sorted, and brought into a central outlet where items are not organized by size or color. The outlet completes about 450 table rotations per day in summer, rising above 500 on busy days, and stores about 600 one-thousand-one-hundred-pound bales of clothing in the warehouse. Many items come from donations and from unsold merchandise returned by other Goodwill retail stores. Bales are packed and sold, often shipped to other states or countries for reuse or repurposing. Local nonprofits can pick through leftover donations for free, and the warehouse also stores seasonal retail inventory.
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