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| The building adjacent to the Salvation Army thrift shop in Kerrisdale |
Saturday, 28 October 2017
Salvation Army in Kerrisdale reopens
The Salvation Army thrift store in Kerrisdale has announced its imminent reopening, recovering from a fire - probably smoke and water damage - that gutted the premises next door.
Wednesday, 25 October 2017
An Absence
In case you've been wondering if this blog has been rather quiet for the past few weeks, it is because I've been travelling.
Not too many non-profit thrift shops found during our travels. The first stop was in Sitka, Alaska where a shop (may not have been purely non-profit) was open but nothing of interest was found. We then were in Japan where we didn't know how to search for the term. There is a thriving used clothes scene though due to decades of wage stagnation (Yen prices appear to be pretty static in the time).
Thailand is a country with huge wealth disparity and you do have quite a quite a large impoverished population who scrounge through discards to make a living. The only non-profit thrift store I was able to locate was one operated by U.S. women in Bangkok, which unfortunately is only open for a couple of hours every week.
Onto Malaysia which may not have as many wealthy and a burgeoning middle class who consume conspicuously (and very likely, imprudently using debt) as Thailand's but apparently also without a noticeable amount of hard-scrabble poor. Clothes are often sold through pop-up "bundle shops" but the Salvation Army does have a presence, just not where we were though.
Last stop was Honolulu with the usual goods. Crystal wine glasses were hauled home...
Not too many non-profit thrift shops found during our travels. The first stop was in Sitka, Alaska where a shop (may not have been purely non-profit) was open but nothing of interest was found. We then were in Japan where we didn't know how to search for the term. There is a thriving used clothes scene though due to decades of wage stagnation (Yen prices appear to be pretty static in the time).
Thailand is a country with huge wealth disparity and you do have quite a quite a large impoverished population who scrounge through discards to make a living. The only non-profit thrift store I was able to locate was one operated by U.S. women in Bangkok, which unfortunately is only open for a couple of hours every week.
Onto Malaysia which may not have as many wealthy and a burgeoning middle class who consume conspicuously (and very likely, imprudently using debt) as Thailand's but apparently also without a noticeable amount of hard-scrabble poor. Clothes are often sold through pop-up "bundle shops" but the Salvation Army does have a presence, just not where we were though.
Last stop was Honolulu with the usual goods. Crystal wine glasses were hauled home...
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