Mad Baby Thrift and Consign Store opens in Post Falls June 27
Madison Hecker will open Mad Baby Thrift and Consign Store on June 27 in Post Falls, offering kids' gear, maternity wear and consignment cash for families.
A new Post Falls shop is set to give Kootenai County families a cheaper place to buy children’s clothing and a way to turn outgrown items into cash. Mad Baby Thrift and Consign Store will open June 27 at 5380 E. Seltice Way, with owner Madison Hecker betting that thrift-store pricing can still work in a market where kids outgrow clothes almost as fast as parents buy them.
Hecker said the idea grew out of years of thrifting and watching prices climb. As a mother of two, she wanted to build a store that would ease some of the financial pressure families feel when they are constantly replacing shoes, coats and basics for children who keep moving up in size. Her five-year plan to bring back thrift-style prices for kids’ clothing is now becoming real in Post Falls.
The store is being built as a one-stop family resale stop, with items for preemies through teen sizes 14-16. It will also carry maternity clothing, shoes, toys, bouncers, swings, seasonal items and a small book nook. That mix gives local parents two options under one roof: shop affordably for what children need now, and consign items that still have life left in them after a child has outgrown them.
Hecker is not starting from scratch. She already owns Mad Clean, a cleaning company, and said that experience helped her choose a location that could serve both businesses. The Post Falls storefront was selected with space in mind for cleaning supplies and thrift inventory, a practical decision that reflects the way many small business owners in North Idaho build from one venture into another.
Mad Baby is opening with a staff of four. Assistant manager Rachel Murphy, inventory specialist Brooke Kettle and cashiers Kimmy Gildea and Mira Reasoner will join Hecker in running the shop. The staffing shows the store is designed to operate as more than a side project. It is a small retail operation aimed at steady daily traffic from families looking for low-cost basics and consignment customers hoping to recoup some of what they spent on clothing and gear.
If the Post Falls store takes off, Hecker hopes to expand to other North Idaho locations. For families in and around Kootenai County, the June 27 opening adds another local option for stretching budgets, keeping usable goods in circulation and giving parents a place to sell what their children no longer need.
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