Charity shop depreciation of fixtures (clothing racks, bookshelves, counters, etc.), operating costs (maintenance, municipal service fees, electricity, heat, telephone, limited advertising) and the building lease or mortgage. Charity shops may also be referred to as thrift stores (in the United States and Canada), hospice shops, resale shops (a term that in the United States also covers consignment shops), and opportunity (or op) shops (in Australia and New Zealand). One of the earliest charity shops was set up by the Wolverhampton Society for the Blind (now called the Beacon Centre for the Blind) in 1899 to sell goods made by blind people to
Thrift Shop in people's heads." "Thrift Shop" is written in the key of G minor and has a tempo of 96 beats per minute. The song is prominently underpinned by a looping saxophone melody. The song received widespread critical acclaim. It has been called a critique of the product placement common in modern hip hop, but "The New York Times" critic Jon Caramanica wrote, "[I]t's not quite the robust sendup of hip-hop-extravagance clichés that it aspires to be." Robert Copsey of "Digital Spy" gave the song 5 out of 5 stars, calling it "a rare beast of a song - original, musically