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Savvy shoppers flood back to charity shops, looking for bargains and unique pieces post-lockdown
Jacob Miller says he’s “just addicted” to op shops.
Key points:
- Charities are reporting strong sales in op shops since the easing of COVID-19 restrictions
- Hobart City Mission has opened a 2,000 square metre op shop to sell the huge amounts of donations that have been flooding in
- The charity estimates sales are up about 50 per cent compared with pre-pandemic figures
The 29-year-old has been involved in “opportunity” or charity shops in Australia and overseas for about 15 years.
“Over that time I think we’ve really gone from small, more faith-based op shops in back streets to main street, competing with mainstream retail,” Mr Miller said.
He is Hobart City Mission’s retail operations manager and oversees nine op shops, including a new mega store…
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