Resale Site Bib + Tuck Is Shutting Down

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Online resale company Bib + Tuck, a site devoted to curated, shoppable closets, just sent an email blast announcing that they've been acquired by Crossroads, a national chain of buy-sell-trade stores. This appears to be the end of Bib + Tuck, according to the announcement. It reads in part:

So what will change for you? As of September 16th, the Bib + Tuck marketplace will no longer operate and all buying and selling activity will be halted. Support for cashing out will remain through October 1st. Beyond that, you will be redirected to the Crossroads site where you will be able to buy and sell through their stores and platform.

Store credit expires on September 16th and the deadline to cash out a Bib + Tuck balance is October 1st. Bib + Tuck hasn't posted anything on Facebook since March 16th, and the company's Instagram has fallen off too. The email announcement includes a thank you to all of Bib + Tuck's customers:

We’d like to sincerely thank all of our loyal customers who have helped us, supported us, and spread the love for us through this amazing endeavor. We started Bib + Tuck to provide a stylish and conscious alternative to buying new and to make selling as easy as buying.

Thanks to you, we’ve grown to a community of more than 120,000 who have collectively saved more than twelve million dollars and prevented more than 50,000 lbs of clothes from ending up in landfills.

Through our partnership with Crossroads, we provide our customers with access to a company that we respect greatly and one that has significantly contributed to the success of today’s resale and consignment culture. The Crossroads roadmap includes exciting new experiences, such as Sell by Mail which align perfectly with our ethos of creating products that simplify the process of selling.