Trader’s Corner continues with charity subsidiary
Due to the financial demands of renting the space as well as the economy being paused due to the coronavirus pandemic, Trader's Corner which would sell bales of clothing to people in the area as well as provide classes on how to manage their sales independently, had to close shop.
Loraine Ginns of Trader’s Corner, previously based in North Riding and most recently Ferndale on Republic, spoke to the Randburg Sun about how her business model changed since the national lockdown.
Due to the financial demands of renting the space as well as the economy being paused due to the coronavirus pandemic, Trader’s Corner which would sell bales of clothing to people in the area as well as provide classes on how to manage their sales independently, had to close shop.
Ginns first spoke to the Randburg Sun while settled at their store in Banbury Crossing. The store, which began targeted at Winter fashion exclusively, grew when Ginns saw a possibility for success in the second-hand clothing and thrifting market. She and her husband sought to sell clothes while they simultaneously empowered those in the community who were unemployed with the skills to generate their own incomes to sustain them and their families.
Trader’s Corner has continued from the couple’s home in Northwold in its capacity as a charitable organisation where they convert their clothing money to feed ‘three groups of people’… The areas are from Brixton to Krugersdorp’.
“The training facility has now moved to Facebook where people entering the second’s market can learn how to sell. We are inundated with calls for starting bales [of clothing] from people who have lost their jobs. A lot of newcomers into the sales field.”
Trader’s Corner is scheduled to return next year in the winter months.
Details: Loraine Ginns: ginn.loraine@gmail.com
