About us
Overview
Merry Go Rounds is a children’s consignment store with two brick-and-mortar shops in Easton and Boston, MA. Our Easton store has been part of the community since 1989, and our Boston store opened in the Dorchester neighborhood in May 2025. We also sell through social media and at in-person markets and events.
By reselling gently used kids’ clothes, toys, books, and accessories, we extend the life of tens of thousands of items a year, significantly reducing their environmental footprint. For our shoppers, we provide high-quality products at exceptionally low prices; for our consignors, we provide an extra source of income, all while keeping resources in our local community.
Our mission is to make shopping for, and reselling, kids’ goods more sustainable, affordable, convenient, and fun. We want to change people’s perception of resale and bring joy and a personal touch to the shopping and consigning experience. We are obsessed with quality and excellence and believe that everyone deserves high-quality kids’ goods at an affordable price.
Our commitment to social and environmental impact is built into everything we do as a business. We are a women-owned, multigenerational family business, a Massachusetts Public Benefit Corporation, and a certified B Corporation.
Our impact
Through our business, we aim to:
- Reduce waste and ultimately minimize the resources used to produce new clothing.
- Promote conscious consumption, challenge the consumerist culture, and catalyze conversations around the circular economy.
- Keep resources within local communities.
Shopping secondhand and reselling quality goods diverts items from going to landfills prematurely and reduces demand for new things to be produced. We estimate that in 2019 alone, we kept 6.24 tons of high-quality items in circulation, reducing demand for the resource-intensive production of new items.
Our community
We are a proud member of the Easton and Dorchester communities. Virtually all of our consignors are local, and most of our sales are made to local customers as well. We are committed to creating value for our local community first and foremost, both by offering a great way to shop for affordable, high quality kids' goods, and by giving parents a sustainable way to re-home their outgrown kids' items, while also earning some extra cash.
We give financial and in-kind support to local nonprofits that strengthen our communities, including Cradles to Crayons, the Wandering Heart Project, Children's Museum Easton, Raising Multicultural Kids, and the Moms Club of Easton, MA.
We are also proud to be a member of NARTS, the National Association of Resale Professionals, the Easton Chamber of Commerce, and Greater Ashmont Main Street.
Our team
Merry Go Rounds is owned by Melissa Mazzeo, who took over from her mom Beth Mazzeo in 2020. We have a fantastic team at our Easton store and will be hiring soon for the Dorchester store!
Why shop resale?
Save money.
You can buy high-quality, brand-name kids' goods in excellent condition for a fraction of the original price.
Help save the environment.
The materials and energy that go into producing clothing pollute the environment. Giving clothes a second chance for use reduces the need for production of new clothing.
Reduce waste in landfills.
Landfills worldwide are loaded with millions of tons of unnecessary trash, including clothing.
Buy local.
Instead of shopping at a big corporation where you don't know what business practices your money is supporting, buying from local, independently owned shops supports your community. (According to the American Independent Business Alliance, independent retailers return more than 3x as much money per dollar of sales to the local community than chain competitors).
What’s more: much of the money you spend at our store goes directly to your neighbors—the consignors who bring us the products you buy.
Have fun!
You never know what you’ll find when shopping resale. From classic must-have brands like Janie and Jack, Vineyard Vines, and Under Armour, to cult favorites like Lilly Pulitzer, tea, and Mini Boden, to designer finds like Burberry, Versace, and Gucci, to the occasional handmade and vintage treasures, our store is full of truly special pieces.