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Plum Wants to be the Netflix of Baby Clothes
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My sister is pregnant, so I've been hearing a little bit more than usual about baby clothes lately. Everybody seems to agree that 1) they're expensive and 2) they don't get much use, because they don't fit for very long. The most common - and green - solution to that problem is to get second-hand clothes from family, friends, or classified ads. But thanks to our increasingly online world, you can add to that list Plum, a company that bills itself as the "Netflix of baby clothes". Read on for more details......Read the full story on TreeHugger
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