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Oxfam sets up online charity shop | Oxfam sets up online charity shop |
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Oxfam has set up an online store which shoppers can visit to buy items donated to the charity. | Oxfam has set up an online store which shoppers can visit to buy items donated to the charity. |
The site features some 50,000 items for sale include donated clothes, books, and household goods. | The site features some 50,000 items for sale include donated clothes, books, and household goods. |
All are being sold at fixed prices in the same way as items at Oxfam's High Street stores. | All are being sold at fixed prices in the same way as items at Oxfam's High Street stores. |
The website also features items not donated including Fairtrade foods including chocolate and coffee, jewellery and other gifts. | |
Oxfam director Barbara Stocking said: "This is the one website where customers will know that all their purchases will directly support Oxfam working with people in poverty across the world." | Oxfam director Barbara Stocking said: "This is the one website where customers will know that all their purchases will directly support Oxfam working with people in poverty across the world." |
The charity said it hoped to have listed 120,000 items on its site by next spring. | The charity said it hoped to have listed 120,000 items on its site by next spring. |
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