By: Las Vegas Now Staff
For some businesses, the poor economy is translating into more customers and money.
Just one look around Colleen's Classic Consignment store and you will see plenty of sold signs. In this case, it's out with the new and in with the old. The store sells second-hand furniture.
Kathleen Huseby has found herself in a place she's never really shopped before. ”If you're out to save money, this is the great place to go.”
Like many others, Huseby is living on a fixed income to get through these tough financial times. She's said goodbye to newer clothes and furniture and is now heading to second hand shops to save cash.
“I'm looking for quality furniture at a good price,” she said. Colleen Aiken is the owner of Colleen's Classic Consignment. She says sales have doubled with the downturn in the economy. Not only are people buying, they are also selling.
“We've been picking up at a lot of homes that have gone through foreclosure,” Aiken said. About 40-percent of the furniture at the shop is from foreclosed homes.
Aiken says she is doing so well that she has opened 44,000 square foot shop in Henderson.
