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Re:The boss who put everyone on 70K by thebean11 on Friday February 28, 2020 @09:30AM (#22442983)
There still seems to be a market for repairing high end stuff. Shoe repair and clothing alteration stores haven't really gone anywhere
Re:The boss who put everyone on 70K by ghaff on Friday February 28, 2020 @11:04AM (#22443672)
I suspect it's declined pretty significantly--in fact, because people wear fewer shoes that can be repaired and wear less tailored clothing. But of course there are still tailors and cobblers (who are often a good place to get backpacks and the like repaired) are still around. Many laundry places will do minor repairs as well.

In the anecdata department, the last time I took something into REI to be repaired they told me they didn't do that any longer and to send it to Rainy Pass in Seattle.