Vacuum maker Dyson has in recent years tied up with eBay UK to sell officially refurbished products at a hefty discount to the price of new ones.
Some 23% of consumers globally say they are buying more second-hand products, according to the EY Future Consumer Index, a survey of 22,000 consumers published earlier this month.
"I found a waistcoat for my dad in a charity shop in Peckham the other day – I saw it and I thought I have to get it, he's going to love it," Baker said as she browsed in a Crisis charity shop in Camberwell, south-east London.
In the fourth quarter of last year, sales in UK charity shops grew by 8.6% compared the previous year, according to the Charity Retail Association.
Lesley Wright, a volunteer at an Oxfam shop in Brighton, England, is gearing up for her "busiest-ever" holiday season.
Persons:
Eve Williams, Dyson, Lorna Fallon, Lucy Baker, Baker, Lesley Wright, Wright, Richa Naidu, Helen Reid, Matt Scuffham, Elaine Hardcastle
Organizations:
eBay Inc, Oxfam, Apple, eBay, Dyson, Regent, Sustainability, Charity Retail Association, Reuters, Thomson
Locations:
British, London, Peckham, Camberwell, Brighton , England