How a 9-year-old kid started a thrift store to help families save money

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How a 9-year-old kid started a thrift store to help families save money

Meet Obocho Peters from Brooklyn, New York. He is the founder of the business, Obocho's Closet. He started the thrift store in 2018 at nine years old with a mission to help low-income families save money on clothes and promote education. Peters said his business idea emerged after watching the movie “Avengers: Infinity War' and...

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