“Merci” in Paris offers designer clothes at discounted price, second hand books (along with the space to curl up and read them in), a perfume bar, a flower shop and a café, all in an amazingly designed and inviting loft space. With all profits going to a cooperative for young women in Madagascar, this new store – through its dynamism and relevance – is redefining the tired charity shop concept of yore:

http://www.heralddeparis.com/29702/29702