Scandi-style shopping comes to Sheffield
Scandi-style shopping is coming to city homelessness charity Emmaus Sheffield.
Inspired by the success of retail giant Ikea, the Emmaus retail team are launching a series of home settings, created to show items on sale at their popular Cadman Street second hand superstore to their best advantage.
“Anybody who has visited Ikea will be used to the idea that throughout the store there are that give you a much better idea of how furniture might look in your own home,” said Emmaus Sheffield Marketing and Development Manager Charley Fedorenko.
“We thought we would perhaps borrow that concept and make ourselves the Ikea of charity shops!
“We always have a fantastic range of furniture and household items, everything from cushions to ornaments, lamps and tableware and this will be a great way for people to see for themselves just how good our stock is.
“It’s a simple concept but one that really works, giving our visitors the chance to envisage what a piece of furniture will look like in their own home.
“One thing we won’t be doing, though, is introducing the Ikea one-way system - we still want out customers to have a good wander around as they enjoy a spot of bargain hunting!”
Emmaus Sheffield is the working community with quality, self-contained accommodation, training facilities and a workspace for previously homeless men and women aged 18 years and over.
It aims through its Social Enterprise programme to provide meaningful work and enable the people it supports – known as companions - to eventually become self-supporting once more.
One of the charity’s main fundraising schemes is its second hand store at the organisation’s headquarters in the historic Sipelia Works at Cadman Street, close to the city’s Canal Basin.
For further information about Emmaus Sheffield and how to get involved with the charity visit emmaus-sheffield.org.uk