Brits kindle Christmas spirit with second-hand gifts
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Brits kindle Christmas spirit with second-hand gifts
Bursting with customers the week before Christmas, a second-hand charity shop in London's Marylebone High Street looks even busier than the upscale retailers surrounding it.
Popular in Britain for personal shopping, charity stores and online second-hand retailers are seeing an unlikely surge in interest for Christmas gifts, a time of year often criticised for promoting consumerism and generating waste.
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