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ARE charity shops the problem they are proclaimed to be by some, or are they a simply a symbol of a wider malaise? By and large charities move into shops when the landlord cannot find a more profitable business to fill the unit.
From their perspective, it's better to at least have the business rates covered than the shop standing empty. And surely that applies to other retailers too, even if they resent their presence. Is it not better to have several charity shops on a town's high street rather than rows of boarded-up windows? It's ironic really. Retailers used to complain that too many charity shops made a street look tatty and sold too much jumble.See the full content of this document
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