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Global tastes: Why savvy shoppers are changing the traditional store

By Graham Kajilwa | 4yrs ago
Customers selecting Mitumba Clothes at Think Twice second-hand clothes shop in Nakuru town. [File, Standard]

It is not just the infectious rhythm and sarcasm in the song ‘Thrift Shop’ by American rapper Macklemore and his producer Ryan Lewis that make the 2012 melody feel fresh.

It is the reality of consumerism displayed in the song that now has over 1.6 billion views on YouTube.

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