Article: Tills ring at new look charity shop; Retail guru Mary Portas, right, has been trying to reinvent thrift shops in her BBC programme Mary Queen of Charity Shops which ends tonight. But what does it take to run a successful one? Abbie Wightwick finds out during a morning at the revamped Mind shop in Cardiff.

Article: Taking something old and new making it new; Fashion conscious ...
South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales);  August 25, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... night - for just pounds 30. I have always been a fan of charity shops, but I normally ... raction of t." charity shops for a fr their ... ext black or just pounds 4, ds found e ... prefer shopping in charity shops. "It's a lot ... ITEMS Necklace, pounds 2.30, British ...

Article: On the lookout for a bargain; Charity shops have ...
South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales);  April 6, 2009 ;     700+ words ...CHARITY shops have risen through ... battling for your pound. Volunteer ... duffel coat for pounds 5. We have ... about the part charity shops play in people ... a budget of pounds 20 and asked ... must be made in charity shops. Amy Lewis ...

Article: Catch a Choo shoe bargain in charity shops sales ...
Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England);  April 18, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Byline: NICK LAVIGUEUR CHARITY shops are booming - with one ... Jimmy Choo shoes for pounds 100. The designer label ... had seen profits up pounds 29,000 for the 2008 ... Huddersfield's charity shops have beaten the downturn ... turnover had breached pounds 1m with sales up 8 ...

Article: HOW I DAZZLED THE STARS - IN A pounds 7 DRESS; What do you ...
The People (London, England);  March 4, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... outfit from London charity shops with a budget of only pounds 25. So, first stop ... red carpet in my pounds 3.99 shoes, I ... if HE ever buys in charity shops, he laughs: "Not ... prices. She paid pounds 10 for her red leather ...

Article: (pounds) 500 school uniforms spark bargain hunts; Glasgow ...
Evening Times;  August 28, 2004 ;     617 words ... ... Parents in Glasgow are scouring charity shops to cut the soaring costs of ... seven in 10 were paying up to (pounds) 500 per child each year on ... number were spending up to (pounds) 200 on sports kits and trainers ... twins. She paid a total of (pounds) 250 to buy identical uniforms ...

Article: SICK GANGS STEAL FROM CHARITY SHOPS; EXCLUSIVE ...
The People (London, England);  June 10, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... HARD-UP charities lose pounds 2million A YEAR as sick thieves ... Each sackload fetches around pounds 3 in east European markets - a profit of pounds 24,000 a week to be shared ... Moir, of the Association of Charity Shops. He said: "If you are ...

Article: SCOPE AXES CHARITY SHOPS BUT FINDS [pounds ...
The Mail on Sunday (London, England);  November 27, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... shut 15 of its fundraising shops - as it prepares to pay a [pounds sterling]90,000 salary to a new boss. The organisation ... operational services'. Four of the jobs, with salaries totalling [pounds sterling]330,000, were filled in April when Scope justified ...