Unclaimed Baggage Center

The Unclaimed Baggage Center is a retail store located in Scottsboro in Jackson County, Alabama, US. The store's concept of reselling of lost or unclaimed airline luggage[1][2] has received national attention over the years,[3][4] including mentions on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Late Night with David Letterman, Fox News and the Today show. Over a million customers visit the 50,000-square-foot (4,600 m2) store each year to browse through some of the 7,000 items added each day.[5] According to Thrillist, most items are sold for a discount of 20–80%.[6]

This article is about a retail store. For the generic, see unclaimed property.
A silhouette of a suitcase with the text "Unclaimed Baggage, Est. 1970"

References
  1. "Unclaimed Baggage Center, Scottsboro, Alabama". RoadsideAmerica.com.
  2. Janet Shamlian (October 30, 2007). "The Afterlife for Lost Luggage". allDAY, the official TODAY Show blog. MSNBC.com. Archived from the original on October 31, 2007. Retrieved November 7, 2007.
  3. "'Lost luggage capital of the world'". Archived from the original on 2016-01-21. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
  4. McManus, Terry (February 25, 1999). "Where Lost Bags End Up". The New York Times. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
  5. Kim, Theodore (January 18, 2005). "Unclaimed bags provide stock for this store". USA Today. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
  6. "How Americans' lost luggage ends up in a small town in the wilderness of Alabama" – via The Economist.

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