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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Sarah Butler

Oxfam ‘can’t guarantee future’ of charity shops as it also reviews warehouse business

A green Oxfam shop sign with its logo hangs outside a storefront, viewed from below
Oxfam has been hit by competition from online secondhand marketplaces and a drop in income from recycling. Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images

Oxfam is reviewing the operations of its three warehouses in Batley, Bicester and Milton Keynes and says it “cannot give guarantees” on the future of its high street shops in a “difficult economic climate”.

The charity said it had no plans to close warehouses or shops but insiders fear that Batley, which houses Oxfam’s main textile recycling centre, will shut as part of a cost-cutting drive because the West Yorkshire site’s lease is up for renewal.

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