With more people slowly heading back out to the high streets and defying the credit crunch in search of Christmas presents and goods, experts were wondering how long and in some situations even if charity shops could survive?
The answer; with 17 days to go until Christmas day, Charities are still going strong and some charities have even noticed an increase in sales and customers.
Charms Charity shop on Plungington Street, Preston, say’s it’s not seen the effect of the credit crunch in its shop but by contrast they’ve seen more business. “We’ve certainly had no problems and if anything, strangely we’ve seen more customers in here recently.”
The Catholic Caring Charity shop, also on Plungington Street, Preston, is another one of the charity shops that has not been affected by the credit crunch, as it claims to have “steady and sustained” sales and business at the minute.
Manager of the shop Linda Byrne has been impressed by how well the store continues to do and is not worried by the credit crunch at all. “I personally don’t feel the credit crunch has altered our business, really it’s just been steady and it continues to be so.”
“Maybe it’s just because it’s the run up to Christmas, but I don’t think any of it has got to do particularly with the credit crunch.” Either way, Linda is hoping for Christmas to finish on the same high note and the New Year to come in with a bang.
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