consignment store

American  

noun

1. a retail store that sells secondhand items on behalf of others and receives a percentage of the sales price.

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Example Sentences

At a time when secondhand shopping is on the rise — with the global market valued at about $210 billion and projected to surpass $320 billion by 2030 — one Los Angeles consignment store has carved out a niche by sourcing its inventory from the overstuffed closets of Southern California social media influencers.

From Los Angeles Times

Some influencers go to Dresscue, an Atwater Village consignment store, because they can rent empty racks to sell their clothes, Craig said, though the store was not specifically designed for them.

From Los Angeles Times

Aptly named, the Gold Mine, a second-hand consignment store that funds the community library, might turn up a YSL coat or a Moncler sweater for peanuts.

From The Wall Street Journal

He has managed the retail and consignment store specializing in rare and popular sneaker brands since 2015.

From Los Angeles Times

Bartholomew, using surveillance video, relied solely on a match generated by facial recognition technology to seek an arrest warrant for Reid after a stolen credit card was used to buy two purses for more than $8,000 from a consignment store outside New Orleans in June 2022, the lawsuit said.

From Seattle Times