We are a family owned business operating under the corporate name of Nandorf, Inc and doing business under the retail name of Unique Thrift Stores. We own and operate thrift stores in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. We opened our first thrift store in Chicago in 1970, in Ohio in 1984, and in Indiana in 2000. Today, we are proud to offer 17 stores for your shopping options. In the Illinois area we have 12 stores, in Ohio 4 stores, and in Indiana 1 store.
People ask us how we came up with the corporate name of Nandorf. Our companies’ founders wanted to name the business in honor of their wives and Nandorf is a blend of their two names. Fortunately, this tradition did not extend to the names of the founders’ children as we’d really have some unusual sounding business names!
Thrift stores have been in our family DNA for a long time. Our founders’ uncles were instrumental in helping set up the thrift division of the Salvation Army, starting at the time of the Great Depression. As a family, we are proud that our business has withstood the test of time and that we have played an important role in supporting neighborhoods with quality resale items at affordable prices, in addition to benefiting our charity partners and vendors, as well as the environment by investing in reusing and recycling long before this became an environmental imperative.