Pre-loved shopping not only provides that feeling of accomplishment after finding an absolute bargain you love, but buying second-hand is also good for the environment. Glasgow is getting a brand new multi-charity department store supporting multiple causes, Charity Super.Mkt, opening in May, 2024.
Charity Super.Mkt was first launched a year ago by Maria Chenoweth and Wayne Hemingway in the hopes of doing good for social causes and the environment. As fast fashion is damaging our planet and poses human rights issues, many people around the world opted for slow fashion and being more mindful about where clothing comes from.
As such, Charity Super.Mkt has seen tremendous success, reaching £2 million in sales and opening its 17th store in Glasgow’s Buchanan Galleries. Set to open its doors on May 9, the new store spans over 2,500 sq ft offering a unique retail experience for guests looking for quality and affordable fashion with a clean conscience.
Wayne Hemingway, Charity Super.Mkt Co-founder, said: “Glasgow has proven over the years to be at the forefront of style and cultural movements and second-hand and vintage clothing has always been popular in the city. To be opening a store just yards away from where we opened Red or Dead in the 90s feels pretty surreal.
At Red or Dead, Glasgow was our trend barometer. We’d test things there and if it didn’t sell in Glasgow we knew it wouldn’t work – if it did, we’d roll it out.
We’re on a journey to show that charity fashion could and should be part of a modern retail mix in the busiest of shopping centres – we’ve done it in the biggest sites in London, Manchester, Bristol and Oxford and we’re expecting Buchanan Galleries to have the same success.”
Charity Super.Mkt co-founder and TRAID CEO, Maria Chenoweth, commented: “Charity Super.Mkt has brought charity retailers into mainstream retail as the demand for ‘resale therapy’ grows and grows.
We’re giving charities the opportunity to raise more funds, and that means more nursing time in hospices, more support for animals, more research into cancer and in TRAID’s case, more support for the people who make our clothes.
It’s good for customers, allowing them to do their bit for society, it’s good for the environment, because we’re reusing and recycling, and it’s good for shopping centres, creating footfall and a broader retail mix. But most important of all, it’s generating much-needed income for charities.”