With Christmas around the corner, more Windsorites are shopping at thrift stores

Thrift stores in Windsor say they're seeing an uptick in business and some feel it's due to higher cost of goods in retail outlets."You can certainly see the state that we are currently in in our economy with the rising prices of groceries, of fuel, heating homes. I mean affordable housing is a huge issue," said Rosanne Winger, general manager of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Windsor.The organization runs its own resale stores on Lauzon Road and on King Street.Winger estimates sales are