# Charity shops face hard trading conditions

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2001/02/15/charity-shops-face-hard-trading-conditions/
- Published: 2001-02-15T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Oxfam saw its shops’ profits plunge from £16.5m in 1997-98 to £7.6m in 1999-2000.
They aren’t the only charity facing tough trading conditions. Scope’s shops’ profits
halved to £2.6m in 1999-2000.

 

 

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Patrick McCurry examines how charity shops are working to reverse these drops in
profit in Charity shops take steps to recover lost ground at SocietyGuardian.

 

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