BIS was recently mentioned in a newspaper article in the The Seattle Times. The article has since been syndicated to the Miami Herald, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and The North Carolina Daily Post.

Just to whet your appetite:

You raise an eyebrow at the inclusion of the resale stores of the Upper East Side? Perhaps you have never bought an Ann Taylor tweed suit for $20 in such mint condition that the pockets were still stitched closed. In which case all the more reason for you to ditch the Empire State Building.

Go ahead and sneer, if you don’t like buying Ferragamos cheap. But the fact is that New York’s Upper East Side is the ultimate in resale shopping.

There are resale stores elsewhere in New York. But what makes the Upper East Side stand out in the world of second-hand shopping is the extraordinary concentration of stores in a very small, very rich, area.

Go view the article (link above), to read the rest…

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