My PhD focuses on the world of the charity shop, specifically, the organisational geographies of charity shops. I have also interviewed twenty senior charity shop chain managers to get a feel for the breadth of views that are held about the ways charity shop organising should be conducted, and the values that underpin their organisational decision-making. The ACS is the representative voice for charity shops in the UK and is a forum for information exchange between those running charity shops. Charity shops potentially offer us a concrete site where the 'consumerist' model of organisational relationships can be interrogated.
Charity shops straddle a boundary between commercial retailing and the voluntary sector.
This approach has been imported into charity retail management, with startling effects in terms of increased funds going to charity and rapid growth in the number of charity shops. Or return to my HOME PAGE . I would be very interested to hear from you if you share my interests.