Comments on: Mary Queen of Charity Shops – The Retro Chick Review http://www.retrochick.co.uk/2009/06/03/mary-queen-of-charity-shops/ Vintage Clothing & Retro Style Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:26:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: pires http://www.retrochick.co.uk/2009/06/03/mary-queen-of-charity-shops/#comment-3498 pires Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:57:44 +0000 http://www.retrochick.co.uk/retroblog/?p=845#comment-3498 merci! post très utile! merci! post très utile!

]]> By: MarthaWood http://www.retrochick.co.uk/2009/06/03/mary-queen-of-charity-shops/#comment-546 MarthaWood Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:01:54 +0000 http://www.retrochick.co.uk/retroblog/?p=845#comment-546 I drove down Orpington High Street today and I reckon the only thing wrong with Save the Children's shop is that it is in the wrong place. There are 7 or 8 other charity shops in the main area of footfall round Tesco, Boots, Smiths, the Post Office and the bus stops. Save the Children is right down the other end where shoppers have no reason to go. The money spent on the revamp would have been better used to hire new premises - plenty of empty retail sites in the recession. I drove down Orpington High Street today and I reckon the only thing wrong with Save the Children’s shop is that it is in the wrong place.

There are 7 or 8 other charity shops in the main area of footfall round Tesco, Boots, Smiths, the Post Office and the bus stops. Save the Children is right down the other end where shoppers have no reason to go.

The money spent on the revamp would have been better used to hire new premises – plenty of empty retail sites in the recession.

]]> By: Kimberley http://www.retrochick.co.uk/2009/06/03/mary-queen-of-charity-shops/#comment-526 Kimberley Sat, 20 Jun 2009 11:57:36 +0000 http://www.retrochick.co.uk/retroblog/?p=845#comment-526 Donation bins require more money and volunteers than the charities might have, your two examples aren't the smallest of organisations. :-) You make an excellent point about why charity shops shouldn't look like the High Street. I volunteer for Books For Amnesty and thought Mary Portas had a couple of very good ideas like D Day. However, there was so much she didn't seem to know about the charity or volunteer sector, which made the programme something of a disappointment. Donation bins require more money and volunteers than the charities might have, your two examples aren’t the smallest of organisations. :-)

You make an excellent point about why charity shops shouldn’t look like the High Street. I volunteer for Books For Amnesty and thought Mary Portas had a couple of very good ideas like D Day. However, there was so much she didn’t seem to know about the charity or volunteer sector, which made the programme something of a disappointment.

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