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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00:00It's definitely a growing trend, especially amongst, you know, your generation, amongst
00:29the Gen Zs and the Gen Alphas who are, you know, the first generations to have been taught
00:35at school about climate crisis and also with the cost of living crisis and also the idea
00:41of giving back, you know, and a society that is being more generous and fair.
01:05We can obviously recycle the stuff and reuse the stuff if the stuff is in good condition.
01:12I don't mind to buy as Christmas gift, yep, and I believe in recycling stuff actually.
01:25I think nowadays then I've got my eye on the price and it's nice to spend less and to know
01:31that it goes to a good place rather than to a, you know, high street shop.