The Chronicle of Philanthropy relates Financial Times' article about British charity shops branching into online retail, offering new and used goods on eBay.
In the year 2011, sales by its charities rose to 56 percent amounting to $10 million. Head of charity for British eBay, Lorin May, says charities are coming to eBay as buyers pay a higher price online.
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Private nonprofit organizations whose primary purpose is to promote the practice of charitable giving and volunteering or to represent and serve a wide range of philanthropic and charitable institutions.
Cornwall, England has been christened as the first-ever rural social enterprise zone. Minister for Civil Society Nick Hurd remarked that what was happening in Cornwall was an example to the rest of the United Kingdom.