One industry continues to do well amid tariffs: resale. What does that mean for consumers?

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Open this photo in gallery: A shopper browses the shoe aisle at Wildlife Thrift Store in downtown Vancouver, which opened its doors in 1997 and expanded to Toronto in 2022 after its success in B.C.Isabella Falsetti/The Globe and Mail Karla Ahlqvist’s 7,000-square-foot thrift shop on a bustling corner of downtown Vancouver has been a little busier in recent months. The store, which sells everything from blazers and bags to books and dishes, has seen its sales grow steadily over the years − and they’ve continued to climb in 2025. While economic headwinds and plummeting consumer confidence spurred by tariffs have...