history: I love going to thrift shops!  You never know what kind of gems will be found!
knowledge: A charity shop or thrift shop is a retail establishment run by a charitable organization to raise money.
response: Cool, so you like retail establishments that charitable organizations run?
history: I love going to thrift shops!  You never know what kind of gems will be found!
Cool, so you like retail establishments that charitable organizations run?
Yeah exactly, I wonder what kind of thing charity shops fall under? Like a donation category or something?
knowledge: Charity shops are a type of social enterprise.
response: Well, they are a kind of social enterprise.
history: I love going to thrift shops!  You never know what kind of gems will be found!
Cool, so you like retail establishments that charitable organizations run?
Yeah exactly, I wonder what kind of thing charity shops fall under? Like a donation category or something?
Well, they are a kind of social enterprise.
That makes me feel better about shopping there.  When did thrift shops start popping up?
knowledge: They sell mainly used goods such as clothing, books, music albums, home videos, and furniture donated by members of the public, and are often staffed by volunteers.
response: I don't know when they started popping up but you may be interested to know that they sell things from clothing to books to home videos and other things the public has donated.
history: I love going to thrift shops!  You never know what kind of gems will be found!
Cool, so you like retail establishments that charitable organizations run?
Yeah exactly, I wonder what kind of thing charity shops fall under? Like a donation category or something?
Well, they are a kind of social enterprise.
That makes me feel better about shopping there.  When did thrift shops start popping up?
I don't know when they started popping up but you may be interested to know that they sell things from clothing to books to home videos and other things the public has donated.
Awesome, it's great to know the community is helping to give useful items as well. How are they able to sell things sometimes cheaper than other low cost stores?
knowledge: Because the items for sale were obtained for free, and business costs are low, the items can be sold at competitive prices.
response: Well, the items on sale are acquired for free and the cost of the business is low.
history: I love going to thrift shops!  You never know what kind of gems will be found!
Cool, so you like retail establishments that charitable organizations run?
Yeah exactly, I wonder what kind of thing charity shops fall under? Like a donation category or something?
Well, they are a kind of social enterprise.
That makes me feel better about shopping there.  When did thrift shops start popping up?
I don't know when they started popping up but you may be interested to know that they sell things from clothing to books to home videos and other things the public has donated.
Awesome, it's great to know the community is helping to give useful items as well. How are they able to sell things sometimes cheaper than other low cost stores?
Well, the items on sale are acquired for free and the cost of the business is low.
Who specifically do their profits go towards helping?
knowledge: One of the earliest charity shops was set up by the Wolverhampton Society for the Blind (now called the Beacon Centre for the Blind) in 1899 to sell goods made by blind people to raise money for the Society.
response: I don't know but one shop, Wolverhampton Society for the Blind, setup one of the earliest shops and sold goods that blind people made.