Erin Petrow’s online thrift business has been booming since the COVID-19 pandemic started.“People are seeing that these resellers are on Instagram now and are reaching out to us,” she said Friday.
Online shopping during COVID-19 drives massive surge in holiday shipping When she was laid off in September, finding thrifted items for resale online became a supplementary income.“Going to different thrift stores and searching through them for treasures was a way to get out of the house and bring some joy to my life,” Petrow explained.Administrators for the Buy and Sell Saskatoon Facebook group tell Global News their membership has doubled during the pandemic to more than 56,000.