BOSTON, MA – Buffalo Exchange brings the original concept of buy-sell-trade clothing to Boston with the opening of its first New England store, located in Davis Square at 238 Elm Street, Somerville, MA 02144, phone 617-629-5382, on October 3, 2009. The shop is convenient to the Red line’s Davis Square stop and the Grove Street parking lots. Store hours will be Monday-Saturday 11-7 and Sunday 12-5.
The new store’s sales floor is 2,780 square feet and the space was secured by Buffalo Exchange on August 1. There are roomy, well-lit dressing rooms — nine women’s and four men’s — plus two buy counters, where customers can sell their clothes for cash or trade. The store will open with inventory from Buffalo Exchange stores in New York City, Southern California, Phoenix, Las Vegas and Austin.
Buffalo Exchange has three other East Coast locations, two in New York City and one in Philadelphia. The Brooklyn store is located at 504 Driggs Ave., phone 718-384-6901; and the East Village shop is at 332 E. 11th St., phone 212-260-9340. The Philadelphia location is at 1713 Chestnut St., phone 215-557-9850. Buffalo Exchange has been recently featured on «Good Morning America,» CNN, NYLON and Teen Vogue. Time Out New York recommends Buffalo Exchange: «Bring your unwanted garb to… this popular buy-sell-trade clothing shop and leave with padded pockets» (as of 9/10/09).
Buffalo Exchange is unique because clothing and accessories are bought, sold and traded directly with store customers. Used clothes can be traded for any item in the store, including jewelry and brand new clothing. The ever-changing inventory includes designer wear, basics, vintage, jeans, leather and one-of-a-kind items. Buffalo Exchange is a sustainable company that works to protect the environment by reusing and recycling clothing. The store donates to local nonprofit agencies in the community through its Tokens for Bags(r) program, which has generated over $320,000 for hundreds of nonprofits since 1994, saving 6.4 million bags. Shoppers are encouraged to accept a token instead of a bag for purchases, and Buffalo Exchange donates five cents to a charity of the customer’s choice. Including the new Boston location, the resale clothing store mini-chain has 37 stores and 2 franchises in 14 states, with $56.3 million a year in sales. Buffalo Exchange celebrates 35 years of business in 2009. For more, visit www.buffaloexchange.com and www.myspace.com/buffaloexchange.
