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starting in the 1960s, and still continuing today. These goods were sold in "third world shops" or "developing country shops" (the actual name differing from country to country). The most active organisations were operating in the
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countries. The worldshops' target is to pay the producers a fair price that guarantees subsistence and positive social development. They often cut out any intermediaries in the import chain.
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British Association for Fair Trade Shops (BAFTS) - A network of independent Fair Trade or World Shops across the UK
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products. Worldshops also typically organize various educational Fair Trade activities and play an active role in
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and a vast majority of worldshops are still based on the continent, worldshops can also be found today in
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The start of the movement is usually attributed to the first worldshop in Europe, which was founded by
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label, which is used on fair trade products, has its roots in the 1980s worldshop movement.
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in 1959. The Oxfam shop sold Chinese bric-a-brac that had been sourced from Chinese
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Israel Trade Shops - A network of independent Trade or World Shops across Israel
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with the trading partners as possible. Usually, this means a producer in a
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The shops were not called worldshops at that time, however.
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organizations and run by locally based volunteer networks.
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are specialized retail outlets offering and promoting
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Fair Trade Association of Australia & New Zealand
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Asociación del Sello de Productos de Comercio Justo
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Index

Worldshops

Fair Trade
trade justice
not-for-profit
Europe
North America
Australia
Israel
New Zealand

Drury Lane
Covent Garden
London
Oxfam
refugees
Communist revolution
Hong Kong
Puerto Rican
Alternative trading organisations
third world
cane
sugar
United Kingdom
Netherlands
Network of European Worldshops
World Fair Trade Organization
Fairtrade
trade
fair

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