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How burgers taught a vendor to sell to Japan's budget fashionistas

Secondhand clothing store 2nd Street operator says discounts are recession-proof

Geo Holdings CEO Yuzo Endo poses with a suit from 2nd Street.

TOKYO -- The man overseeing 2nd Street, a Japanese vendor of trendy used apparel, learned the secret to success from 60-cent hamburgers.

"Demand for secondhand goods grows in a slump," said Yuzo Endo, CEO of parent company Geo Holdings.

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